Ge-hnǽcan

According to the Old English Dictionary:

ge-hnǽcan

p. te; pp. ed To check, restrain, bruise, destroy; reprĭmĕre, contĕrĕre, allīdĕre :-- Heó gehnǽceþ ða anginnu it checketh the beginnings, Herb. 148, 1; Lchdm. i. 272, 15 : 163, 6; Lchdm. i. 292, 19. Ðú me ahófe and gehnǽctest eft elĕvans allīsisti me, Ps. Th. 101, 8. ge-hnæcan