† downhieldn.
Obsolete.
A downward slope; decline, descent (literal and figurative).Only recorded in Cursor Mundi.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > [noun] > weakening or decline in health
failinga1382
sickeninga1382
wasting1398
downhielda1400
dissolutionc1400
debilitationa1492
defailing1502
effeeblishing1540
faintingc1540
effeeblishment1545
enervationa1575
feeblishing1574
declining1588
decay1609
flagging1611
labefaction1620
feebling1624
sinking1625
deading1645
dejection1652
fail1654
emperiment1674
decline1770
sapping1825
breakdown1858
attenuation1868
the world > the universe > sun > solar movement > [noun] > setting
sunsetOE
going downa1382
downhielda1400
downfalling1422
downgate1440
gate-downc1440
sunsetting1440
going under1490
occasionc1540
going to1581
setting sun1591
set of day1623
earthrise1918
the world > the earth > land > landscape > high land > slope > [noun] > downward
downhielda1400
descencec1425
descent1485
descending1490
downfall1542
pitch1542
downhill1548
declinea1552
falling1565
stoop1611
declivitya1613
devergence1727
downslope1855
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 3822 Iacob..sagh þe well be a doun heild.
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 6431 Þe sun was at dun heild [Trin. Cambr. doun helde].
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 5468 Negh seuen score yeir of eld Was þis iacob at his don heild [Fairf. doun helde].
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2018; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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