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acliner (s.xii1)

acliner (s.xii1)

 
  FEW:  acclinare 24,76b Gdf:  acliner 1,59b GdfC: TL: acliner 1,88 DEAF:  acliner  DMF:  acliner  TLF: OED:  accline v.  MED: DMLBS:  acclinare 15b

v.trans.

1 to bow before
( s.xiiex?; MS: s.xiiiex )  Del chef l'acline mult parfund  Donn Am ants 717
2to lay (down)
( s.xii1; MS: 1155-60 )  En paistures de erbes aclinad mei (Latin: acclinavit me)  Camb Ps 35.XXII.2
3to conciliate, win over
( c.1136-37; MS: s.xiiex )  Par bel amur […] Les aclinat (var. (H: s.xiv1/4) turna) trestuz vers sei  GAIMAR1 3576

v.intrans.

(of day, light etc.) to fade, die
( s.xii3/4; MS: s.xiv2 )  Le jur est aclinez (var. (C: s.xiiim) declinez), le soleil est abessé  Rom Chev ANTS 3215
acliner a
to be subject, subjugated to
( c.1136-37; MS: s.xiiex ) Ço est la reine, Elftroed a qui cest regne acline  GAIMAR1 3946

v.refl.

s'acliner a
to be sunject, subjugated to
( 1171-74; MS: c.1200 ) Custume est anciene [...] Que tuit li blanc abé de ça e de la mer Chascun tierz an se solent a Cistaus asembler; Car a celui se deivent tuit li altre acliner E de trestut lur ordre par sun conseil errer  Becket1 3684
to accede, come round to
( c.1136-65; MS: c.1200 ) Cil heom sun corage domine Ki a quank'il volt ne s'acline  Salemon 11470
( 1338 )  Et puis H. s’assenti et aclina a cel opinion  YBB 11-12 Ed III 633

See also:

aclin  aclinance  encliner 
This is an AND1 entry © MHRA 1977-1992: reproduced with permission. Digitisation funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council of the United Kingdom.
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