▪ I. ˈpairment1 Now only dial.
[Aphetic f. apairment, appairment: cf. pair v.2]
= appairment, impairment; injury, deterioration.
| c 1330 R. Brunne Chron. Wace (Rolls) 2395 After þe peirement [v.r. after apeyrment] of his liuere. 1382 Wyclif 2 Cor. vii. 9 That in no thing ȝe suffre peirement of vs. c 1440 Jacob's Well 205 Ȝif þe thyng be werse, when þou restoryst it,..þe muste restore þe peyrement. 1874 R. E. Leader in Sheffield Gloss. (1888), A gardener will say his plants will take no pairment under such and such conditions. |
▪ II. † ˈpairment2 Obs.
In 4 peyr-, 4–5 payrement.
[app. a. an AF. *pairement, f. pairer to couple.]
? Coupling, consortship; in phr. to hold (a woman) in pairment.
| c 1330 R. Brunne Chron. (1810) 58 Engle his wife he [Harald] drofe away, & held in peyrment Egyue, þat was an abbes, out of hir hous had Maugre hire wille [Langtoft Et l'abesse Eggyve de sa mesun robbayt, La tynt cum sa femme]. c 1400 Laud Troy Bk. 5969 His Aunte was rauysched with Thelamon; He held here longe In payrement And gat sir Ayax verament. |