Ge-liþewácian

According to the Old English Dictionary:

ge-liþewácian

p. ode. I. to render gentle, soften a person :-- Hié wǽron tó sybbe geliðewácede and gefeohtan ne meahton they were brought to the gentleness of peace and could not fight, Nap. 15, 28. II. to mitigate, soften the rigour of misery, pain, & c. :-- Geliðewáca þisne unlíðan cyle, Hml. S. ll, 192. See next word. ge-liþewacian