Hnesc-ness
Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - hnesc-ness
According to the Old English Dictionary:
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- hnesc-ness
- f. Softness, delicacy, gentleness, weakness :-- Hnescnyss mollities, Ælfc. Gr. 12; Som. 15, 56. Ðære hnescnesse úres flǽsces wé beóþ underþiédde corruptionis nostræ infirmitatibus subjacemus, Past. 21, 4; Swt. 159, 5. Genim ðyses wæstmes hnescnysse innewearde take the inward soft part of this fruit, Herb. 185, 2; Lchdm. i. 324, 9. Gif hwá for his hnescnysse ðæt fæsten áberan ne mæg si quis præ mollitie sua jejunium perferre nequeat, L. Ecg. P. iif through his want of vigour the flock perish, L. I. P. 19; Th. ii. 326, 22. hnesc-ness