Ge-líþewǽcan
Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - ge-líþewǽcan
According to the Old English Dictionary:
- ge-líþewǽcan
- l. ge-liþewǽcan (-leoþe-), and add: I. to make pliant or flexible, restore the activity of :-- Of slápe geliðewáhtum liðum wé árísað somno refectis artubus surgimus, Hy. S. 14, 20. I a. to refresh, revive :-- Geliþewǽc ús þínum bénum releva nos tuis precibus, Hy. S. 129, 8. II. to mitigate, soften the rigour or severity of, calm the violence of :-- Hé sceal forberan réðra manna angin, þæt hé ðurh his líðnesse heora graman geliðewǽce, Hml. Th. ii. 532, II. Tó geliþewǽcan (-lioðe-, Hpt. Gl. 455, l) wódnesse ad sedandam uesaniam, An. Ox. 2056. Scúrum geliþewǽhte (incendia) imbribus sopita, i. mitigata, 4031. III. to make to suit a purpose, adapt (?) :-- Hé geliþewǽhte tó geleáfan heora wurðfullan templ he adapted their magnificent temples to the service of the Christian faith, Hml. S. 31, 482. IV. to become pliant :-- Geliþewǽhte lentesceret, An. Ox. 3108. V. to become gentle :-- Geleoþewǽcan mitescere (cruenta severitas mitescere non novit, Aid. 68, ii), An. Ox. 4791. and previous word. ge-liðewæcan,ge-liþewæcan