menske

menske
, adj. == gracious. RG. 33. From AS. mennisc, human; cf. our double sense of ‘humanity’
—— sb. == grace, civility. Wright’s L. P. p. 37
—— v. a. == treat graciously. Ritson’s AS. viii. 83

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