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empeirement (1155)
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The form enpirement is a cross reference to the following entry:

empeirement (1155)

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empairement,  empairment,  emperrement,  empirement,  empiremient,  empirment;  enpeirement,  enperement,  enpierment,  enpirement  
  FEW:  pejor 8,156b Gdf:  empirement 3,62a GdfC: ∅ TL: empirement 3,108 DEAF:  pejor (empirement)  DMF:  empirement  TLF: ∅ OED:  impairment n.  MED:  empeirement n.  DMLBS:  impejoramentum 1243c

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1deterioration, decline: 
( 1319 )  Homme n’enquerra mye de vostre amendement, einz de vostre appairement (var. empirment)  YBB Ed II xxv 87 (var.)
♦harm, injury: 
( 1155; MS: s.xiii4/4 )  il preit a sun fiz Vortimer Qu'aler les en laist quitement Senz faire plus d'empeirement  Brut WACE 7120
( 1150-70; MS: 1225-1300 )  Certes, el men empirement Nen ert le vostre amendement  Trist thomas2 1468
( 1165-80?; MS: s.xiiiin )  (God) Ne volt pas tun empeirement  ADGAR3 280.124
( s.xiiiin; MS: s.xiii2/4 )  Deus aeime e cherist tute gent Senz querre lur empeirement  S Clem ANTS 14748
2finan.curr.debasement (of coinage): 
( 1373 )  soit celle monoye issint empiré mys a meindre pris, selonc la quantité de l’empirement  Rot Parl1 ii 318
a, en (le) empeirement de
to the detriment of: 
( c.1270; MS: s.xiv1/3 )  Nul provost [...] ne deit suffrir [...] ke eles (=dairymaids) ne aportent hors furmages [...] en le apeyrement de la daerie, ne en decrés del furmage  HENLEY2 278.c43
( 1316 )  a empeirement de bone saunté des corps des gentz  Ann Lond 239.4
( 1373 )  a grant destourbance de lour marchandie et enpierment de lour estat  Bristol Red Bk i 116
sanz empeirement
unimpaired, without damage: 
( c.1334; MS: s.xivm )  les vestimentz en queux il fu enterré furunt trovez entiers et sanz empeirement  TREVET Cron1 244.1
( 1343-50 )  .i. corporeaux [...] blaunke e entier saunz ascun enpirement  Cron Lond1 38
aler par empeirement
to degenerate, get worse: 
( s.xiii; MS: s.xiii2 )  Einz se plie a chescun vent [...] Et tut vait par enpeirement  Penit 16
( 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
turner a empeirement
to degenerate, get worse: 
( s.xiii; MS: s.xiiiex )  (why the nun shouldn't reveal her vision to everybody:) Li siecles a enperement est turné  Assump Vision 252

See also:

apeirement  empeirance 
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