Hlǽnian

According to the Old English Dictionary:

hlǽnian

p. ode To make lean or to become lean :-- Ðæt hé his líchoman hlǽnige ut caro maceretur, Past. 14, 6; Swt. 87, 17. Ðonne ðæt flǽsc hlǽnaþ dum carnem macerant, 43, 6; Swt. 313, 20. [Prompt. Parv. lenyñ or make lene macero.] hlænian