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apeirement (s.xivin)
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apeirement (s.xivin)

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apairement,  apirement;  appairement,  appeirement,  appoirement  
  FEW:  pejor *8,156b Gdf: ∅ GdfC: ∅ TL: ∅ DEAF:  pejor (apirement)  DMF: ∅ TLF: ∅ OED: ∅ MED: ∅ DMLBS: ∅

s.

deterioration, decline: 
( 1319 )  Homme n’enquerra mye de vostre amendement, einz de vostre appairement  YBB Ed II xxv 87
♦damage: 
( 1379-80 )  reward pur le gast et appairement de lour attil  Rot Parl1 iii 86
en apeirement de
to the detriment of: 
( 1318 ) cel aturnement sera plus tost en amendement de nostre plee qe en apeirement  YBB Ed II xxiii 113
aler par apeirement
to degenerate, get worse: 
( s.xivin; MS: s.xivm )  le moton nus aprent un autre lesson de aler par amendement, e nient par apirement (var. (B: c.1330) empeirement)  BOZ Cont 177

See also:

empeirement 
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