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dechaiement (s.xii1)
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dechaiement (s.xii1)

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dechaement,  decheement,  dechedement,  dechément,  dechiement  
  FEW:  cadere 2/i,28b Gdf:  dechaement 2,442a GdfC: ∅ TL: decheement 2,1248 DEAF:  cheoir (decheement)  DMF:  déchément  TLF: ∅ OED: ∅ MED: ∅ DMLBS: ∅

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1astron.(of the sun) going down, setting: 
( s.xii1; MS: c.1145 ) Il fist la lune en tens; li soleilz cunut sun dechedement  Oxf Ps ANTS 104.103.20
( s.xii1; MS: 1155-60 )  Sicume umbre, cum ele est enclinee a decheement (Latin: cum inclinatur)  Camb Ps 206.CVIII.24
( s.xiim; MS: s.xiim )  Del nessement del soleil desque al dechément  Arun Ps 50
( s.xiii1; MS: s.xiiim )  tut le jur deske le decheement del soleil  Joshua Sermons i 24
♦geog.west: 
( s.xii1; MS: c.1145 )  Cumbien desestait li naissemenz del dechedement  Oxf Ps ANTS 103.102.12
2weakness, falling into sin: 
( MS: s.xiiim )  Pur ceo gart que par tel dechaiement ne defaille  Vitas 581
estre en dechaiement
to be in decline: 
( 1171-74; MS: c.1200 )  s’iglise qui ert tut’ en dechaement  Becket1 5864
prendre dechaiement
to be overthrown: 
( 1174-75; MS: s.xiiex )  Trestuz ses enemis unt pris dechaiement  FANT OUP 1921
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