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declin (1155)

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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

decline, descline 437

s.

en declin

1downwards:

( 1243-50; MS: 1243-50 ) L’un tent vers le ciel, l’autre en declin 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 5456

aler a, en declin

1astron.(of the sun) to go down, sink:

( s.xivⁱⁿ; MS: s.xiv^m ) quant le solail se retret e va en declyn 15

♦fig.to decline:

( 1243-50; MS: 1243-50 ) le honur Jesu crest e cist vunt en declin 1820

( 1308; MS: s.xiv¹ ) Ore si gist soun (=Edward’s) cors en tere, Si va le siecle en decline 84.18

( 1360-79; MS: s.xiv^ex ) Quant voit gent aller en declin [...], Tournant de richesce en poverte 3169

♦(of the body) to sink, grow weak:

( c.1240; MS: c.1300 ) En desert espena ces pecchez, Tant ke sun cors ala en declin 55.238

( 1280-1307; MS: s.xiv^1/4 ) Morgan vait tost a declin [...]; Si se met a la fuite 286.678

2 to come to an end:

( 1212; MS: 1212-13 ) li jor vint a declin 9673

3to slow down:

( s.xiii²; MS: s.xivⁱⁿ ) (The mare ploughing) Quant ele est en draite chemine Tut jurs va a decline 22

chair en declin

1astron.(of the sun) to sink, set:

( 1165-80?; MS: s.xiiiⁱⁿ ) A cel ure que li soleil Chiet en declin e est vermeil 296.150

estre en declin

1to come to an end:

( s.xiiiⁱⁿ; MS: s.xiii^2/4 ) vers la fin Q[ua]nt li mund iert en declin 4200

mettre a, en declin

1fig.to destroy:

( c.1170; MS: s.xiii^ex ) Kar u ke il les trovent les metent a declin 1676

( 1190-1210; MS: c.1300 ) les fels Sarazins Qui mettre nus volent en declins E nus e vus desheriter 4584

( 1267; MS: c.1300 ) (The Devil) les biens fez mettra en declin Cum freit poisun mis en bon vin 10961

(se) turner a, en declin

1to knock off, make fall:

( c.1170; MS: s.xiii^ex ) Sus el coing le feri del heaume sarazin Ke les quartiers abat e turna a declin 1523

2 to make decline, cause the downfall of:

( 1155; MS: s.xiii^4/4 ) Pur la gent que cil en osterent Ki ces terres de nus poplerent Turna nostre gent en declin 6329

♦to crush, defeat:

( s.xiii^1/3; MS: s.xivⁱⁿ ) Dolenz en sunt li Peitevin Kar tut sunt turné a declin 758

3to come to an end:

( s.xii^3/4; MS: s.xiv² ) Le jur est aclinez (var. (C: s.xiii^m) declinez; (P: c.1310) turne en declin) 3215

( 1160-74; MS: s.xvii ) Toute rien se torne en declin, Tout chiet, tout meurt, tout vet a fin ii 311.65

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