1astron.(of the sun) going down, setting:
(
s.xii1;
MS: c.1145
) Il fist la lune en tens; li soleilz cunut sun dechedement
104.103.20
(
s.xii1;
MS: 1155-60
)
Sicume umbre, cum ele est enclinee a decheement
(Latin: cum inclinatur)
206.CVIII.24
(
s.xiim;
MS: s.xiim
)
Del nessement del soleil desque al dechément
50
(
s.xiii1;
MS: s.xiiim
)
tut le jur deske le decheement del soleil
i 24
♦
geog.west:
(
s.xii1;
MS: c.1145
)
Cumbien desestait li naissemenz del dechedement
103.102.12
2weakness, falling into sin:
(
MS: s.xiiim
)
Pur ceo gart que par tel dechaiement ne defaille
581
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