Hnesce

Selon le Dictionnaire Anglo-Saxon :

hnesce

Add: I. of material or its quality. (l) soft to the touch, yielding easily to pressure :-- Wē habbad hrepunge þæt wē magon gefrēdan hwæt bid heard, hwæt hnesce, Hml. Th. ii. 372, 32. Wæter wolde wīde tōscrīdan wāc and hnesce, Met. 20, 93. Þæt hnesce and flōwende wæter, Bt. 33, 4; F. 130, 3. Wring on hnesce wulle, Lch. i. 86, 3. Wyrce him hnesce bedd, iii. 112, l. Næscum hræglum gegearwæd, Mt. R. 11, 8. ꝥ wæter and sió lyft bióþ hwēne hnescran gecynde; hī bióþ swīþe eáþe tō tōdǣlenne, 34, ll; F. 150, 27. Eóde heó onuppan þā hnescan ȳþa, Hml. S. 23 b, 684. ¶ figuratively used :-- Ðæt hī āfeóllen on dæt hnesce bedd dæs gesinscipes, næs on dā heardan eordan daes unryhthǣmdes, Past. 397, 22. (2) soft, tender (of young growth) :-- Telge his hnesc bid, Mt. L. 24, 32. Telge his nesc bid (telgu his hnisca biódon, R.), Mk. L. 13, 28. (3) yielding easily to force :-- Þæt mon heardlīce gnīde þone hnescestan mealmstān, Ors. 4, 13; S. 212, 28. II. of movement, action, soft, gentle :-- Hnescum fealle guttatim, Hpt. Gl. 408, 33. III. of condition, soft, free from hardship :-- Tō hnesscere wununge ad mollem sinum, Germ. 400, 500. IV. lacking in energy . - -- Ðone hnescan dafettere, Past. 453, 25. V. tender, gentle :-- Lufu, næs tō hnesce, Past. 127, 2. Hnesce andswore responsio mollis, Kent. Gl. 502. VI. yielding to temptation, inclined to wanlonness, effeminate :-- Se ōd-bar;er heáfod-leahter is gecweden forliger odde gálnyss, þæt is þæt se man sȳ hnesce on mōde tō flǣsclicum lustum, Hml. Th. ii. 220, 4. VII. unable to endure hardship, &c. :-- Hwilc sió gecynd sié þæs līchoman, hwæþer hió sié strang þe heard and eáþelīce mæge þā strangan lǣcedōmas āberan, þe hió sié hnesce and mearwe and þynne and ne mæge āberan þā lǣce-dōmas, Lch. ii. 84, 13. hnesce