"declinson" meaning in Middle English

See declinson in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /dɛˈklinzun/, /(dɛ)ˈklɛnzun/ [East-Anglia, especially], /dɛˈklynzun/ (note: West Midland) Forms: declinsons [plural], declynson [alternative], clensone [alternative, East-Anglia], clenzon [alternative, East-Anglia], declenson [alternative, East-Anglia], declunson [alternative], clensoune [alternative]
Etymology: Likely from earlier *declinisoun (/dɛˌkliniˈzuːn/) with late Middle English stress retraction and syncope, from Middle French or Anglo-Norman declinaison (itself from Latin dēclīnātiō), with forms with /ɛ/ and /y/ possibly reflecting analogical modification after words with Old English /y/ (West Riding clensoune may instead be from earlier open-syllable lengthening; compare forms such as Scots ceety). Thus by surface analysis, declinen + -isoun and a doublet of declinacioun. Hall instead suggests borrowing from a Medieval Latin *dēclēnsiō, a blend of dēclīnātiō and dēscēnsiō (both "declension"); presumably the final syllable in /-zun/ rather than /-zjun/, /-zi.un/ would be due to the syncope of /i/ or modification after -isoun seen in forms such as decepcoun, savacoun (conversely, if derivation from declinaison is accepted, modern English declension reflects either hypercorrection or the reverse analogy). Etymology templates: {{bor|enm|frm|-}} Middle French, {{bor|enm|xno|declinaison}} Anglo-Norman declinaison, {{der|enm|la|dēclīnātiō}} Latin dēclīnātiō, {{m+|sco|ceety}} Scots ceety, {{surf|enm|declinen|-isoun|nocap=1}} by surface analysis, declinen + -isoun, {{doublet|enm|declinacioun|nocap=1}} doublet of declinacioun, {{bor|enm|la-med||*dēclēnsiō}} Medieval Latin *dēclēnsiō, {{m+|en|declension}} English declension Head templates: {{head|enm|noun|g=|g2=|g3=|head=|sort=}} declinson, {{enm-noun}} declinson (plural declinsons)
  1. (Late Middle English) An inflectional class; a nominal declension or verbal conjugation. Wikipedia link: open-syllable lengthening Tags: Late-Middle-English

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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