emprisonement

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Old French[edit]

Noun[edit]

emprisonement oblique singularm (oblique plural emprisonemenz or emprisonementz, nominative singular emprisonemenz or emprisonementz, nominative plural emprisonement)

  1. (Anglo-Norman) Alternative form of emprisonnement
    • 1351, Second Statute of Labourers, 1351[1]:
      [] les servantz refusantz servir per autiele manere fuissent punys per emprisonement
      the servants refusing to serve in such a manner should be punished with imprisonment