dwæscan, wk.v: to extinguish, put out. (DWASK-on)

Croesus kneels in a fire which is extinguished by the rain pouring from a cloud above. John Lydgate’s translation of Boccaccio’s The Fall of Princes. SE England (probably Suffolk, possibly Bury St Edmunds), c. 1450-c. 1460. British Library, MS Harley 1766, f. 133r. [bl.uk]

ge-liþewācian, wk.v: to render gentle, soften a person; to mitigate, soften the rigour of misery, pain, etc. (yeh-LITH-eh-WOCK-yawn)

ōr, n: beginning, origin; front. (OR)

hlutor, adj: clear, pure, bright, sincere. (HLUH-tor)