empedement
Old French edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin impedimentum.
Noun edit
empedement oblique singular, m (oblique plural empedemenz or empedementz, nominative singular empedemenz or empedementz, nominative plural empedement)
- impediment; obstacle
- torture
- 881, Sequence of Saint Eulalia
- Melz sostendreiet les empedementz
- She would rather undergo torture
- 881, Sequence of Saint Eulalia
References edit
- Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (empedement)