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declin (1155)
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declin (1155)

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decline  (descline  Mar Diable 437)  
  FEW:  declinare 3,26a Gdf:  declin 2,445c GdfC:  declin 9,282b TL: declin 2,1254 DEAF:  decliner (declin 1)  DMF:  déclin  TLF:  déclin  OED:  decline n.  MED:  declin n.  DMLBS:  declinatio 578b

s.

en declin
1downwards: 
( c.1235; MS: c.1235 )  L’un tent vers le ciel, l’autre en declin  S Aub 101rubr
2defeated: 
( 1190-1210; MS: c.1300 )  A itant s’en turna Merlin Quant vit ses hummes en declin, Que col estendu s’en alerent  Waldef BB 5456
aler a, en declin
1astron.(of the sun) to go down, sink: 
( s.xivin; MS: s.xivm )  quant le solail se retret e va en declyn  BOZ Cont 15
♦fig.to decline: 
( c.1235; MS: c.1235 )  le honur Jesu crest e cist vunt en declin  S Aub 1820
( 1308; MS: s.xiv1 )  Ore si gist soun (=Edward’s) cors en tere, Si va le siecle en decline  Pol Songs 84.18
♦(of the body) to sink, grow weak: 
( c.1240; MS: c.1300 )  En desert espena ces pecchez, Tant ke sun cors ala en declin  Mir N-D 55.238
( 1280-1307; MS: s.xiv1/4 )  Morgan vait tost a declin [...]; Si se met a la fuite  LANGTOFT thiol2 286.678
2 to come to an end: 
( 1212; MS: 1212-13 )  li jor vint a declin  Dial Greg SATF 9673
3to slow down: 
( s.xiii2; MS: s.xivin )  (The mare ploughing) Quant ele est en draite chemine Tut jurs va a decline  Set Pechez 22
chair en declin
astron.(of the sun) to sink, set: 
( 1165-80?; MS: s.xiiiin )  A cel ure que li soleil Chiet en declin e est vermeil  ADGAR3 296.150
estre en declin
to come to an end: 
( s.xiiiin; MS: s.xiii2/4 )  vers la fin Q[ua]nt li mund iert en declin  S Clem ANTS 4200
mettre a, en declin
fig.to destroy: 
( c.1170; MS: s.xiiiex )  Kar u ke il les trovent les metent a declin  Horn 1676
( 1190-1210; MS: c.1300 )  les fels Sarazins Qui mettre nus volent en declins E nus e vus desheriter  Waldef BB 4584
( 1267; MS: c.1300 )  (The Devil) les biens fez mettra en declin Cum freit poisun mis en bon vin  Lum Lais ANTS 10961
(se) turner a, en declin
1to knock off, make fall: 
( c.1170; MS: s.xiiiex )  Sus el coing le feri del heaume sarazin Ke les quartiers abat e turna a declin  Horn 1523
2 to make decline, cause the downfall of: 
( 1155; MS: s.xiii4/4 )  Pur la gent que cil en osterent Ki ces terres de nus poplerent Turna nostre gent en declin  Brut WACE 6329
♦to crush, defeat: 
( s.xiii1/3; MS: s.xivin )  Dolenz en sunt li Peitevin Kar tut sunt turné a declin  Brut Royal 758
3to come to an end: 
( s.xii3/4; MS: s.xiv2 )  Le jur est aclinez (var. (C: s.xiiim) declinez; (P: c.1310) turne en declin)  Rom Chev ANTS 3215
( 1160-74; MS: s.xvii )  Toute rien se torne en declin, Tout chiet, tout meurt, tout vet a fin  Rom de Rou wace ii 311.65
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