Á-hlǽnsian

According to the Old English Dictionary:

á-hlǽnsian

to grow or make lean, (1) literal :-- Heora nebwlite þurh ðá mycclan sorhge áhlǽnsode, Hml. S. 23, 126. (2) figurative :-- Gif mid hungre fæstena leahtras líchaman beóð áhlǽnsude (macerentur), Scint. 57, 13. a-hlænsian