1 minsian
p. ode To lessen, diminish, become small :-- Wlite minsode, Cd. 187; Th. 232, 30; Dan. 268. Minsade, Exon. 94 a; Th. 353, 48; Reim. 29. Cf. Ne mæg ǽnig man Godes mihta ne his mǽrþa geminsian, Wulfst. 35, 3. [O. Sax. O. L. Ger. minsón to make less: cf. Icel. minnka to make less.]