Hnescian

According to the Old English Dictionary:

hnescian

Add: I. intrans. To become soft :-- Wylle ealle das rinda on hāligwætere od dæt hȳ wel hnexian, Lch. Iii. 14, 6. II. trans. To make soft :--Sió hnescad que modlit (sermones suos), Kent. Gl. 25. [N. B. D. nesh, vb.] v. ge-hnescian ; hnescan. hnescian