Hnesc-líc

Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - hnesc-líc

According to the Old English Dictionary:

hnesc-líc
adj. Effeminate :-- Hé wæs swíðe hnesclíc man he [Sardanapalus] was a very effeminate man, Ors. 1, 12; Bos. 35, 15. Hi beóþ hneslíce swá forlegene hi sunt delicati ita fornicantes, L. Ecg. P. i

Related words: 68, 6; Th. ii. 228, 18. hnesc-lic

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