Obs. In 1 hlǽnian, 3 leanen, 5 lenen, lenyn. [OE. hlǽnian, f. hlǽne LEAN a.] a. intr. To become lean. b. trans. To make lean.

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c. 897.  K. Ælfred, Gregory’s Past., xiv. 87. Ne bið hit ðonne nohtes wan buton forhæfdnesse anre, ðæt he his lichoman suence & hlæniʓe. Ibid., xliii. 313. Ðonne ðonne ðæt flæsc hlænað.

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c. 1230.  Hali Meid., 35. Þi rudi neb schal leanen & as gres grenen.

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c. 1400.  Lanfranc’s Cirurg., Table Contents 4 Cap. viii of fastnynge a lene lyme, and to lenen a fat lyme.

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c. 1440.  Promp. Parv., 296/2. Lenyn, or make lene, macero.

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1450–80.  trans. Secreta Secret., 2. Of thing that leneth the body.

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1616.  T. Adams, Dis. of Soul, 23. The spirituall [dropsy] … though it leanes the carkasse, lards the conscience.

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