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noumpere
† noumpere Obs. Forms: 4–5 nounper, -pier; 4 noumpere, 5 nowmper(e, -powre; 4 nompere, -peyr. [a. OF. nonper, nomper, f. non- non- + per, pair peer.] The original form of umpire.1362 Langl. P. Pl. A. v. 181 Til Robyn þe Ropere weore..nempned for a noumpere þat no de-bat neore. a 1420 Bible (Wycl.) I... Oxford English Dictionary
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nowmpere
nowmpere, -powre variants of noumpere Obs. Oxford English Dictionary
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Umpire (baseball)
Etymology According to the Middle English dictionary entry for noumpere, the predecessor of umpire came from the Old French nonper (from non, "not" and wikipedia.org
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nompere
nompere, -peyr variants of noumpere. Oxford English Dictionary
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Provection
terminology the process is usually called metanalysis or rebracketing, which also cover transposition in the reverse direction, as with Middle English a noumpere wikipedia.org
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Rebracketing
umpire: Middle English a noumpere taken for an oumpere. wikipedia.org
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umpire
▪ I. umpire, n. (ˈʌmpaɪə(r)) Forms: α. 5 owmpere, ovmper, ompar. β. 5–6 umpere (6 vn-), 6 vmppere, 6–7 umpeer(e. γ. 5–7 umper (5 unpar). δ. 6–7 umpyer, -pier (6 impier). ε. 6– umpire (7 umpyre). [Later form of noumpere, by transference of the n- to the indefinite article, as in adder, apron.] 1. One... Oxford English Dictionary
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handicap
▪ I. handicap, n. (ˈhændɪkæp) [A word of obscure history. Two examples of the n., and one of the verb, are known in 17th c.; its connexion with horse-racing appears in the 18th; its transferred general use, esp. in the verb, since 1850. It appears to have originated in the phrase ‘hand i' cap’, or ‘... Oxford English Dictionary
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rede
▪ I. rede, n.1 Now arch. or poet. and dial. (riːd) Forms: 1–3 ræd, 3 reæd, ræid, (reað), 3–6, 9 read, 3–7 (9 Sc.) reade, 3 (4–6 Sc.) reid, (5 Sc. -e), 3–7 reed, (5–7 -e), 2–7 (8 Sc.), 9 rede; 1–5 (6 Sc.) red, 5 redde, 7 Sc. redd, 2–3 (7 Sc.) rad, 3–4 rade. [Common Teut.: OE. rǽd masc. = OFris. rêd, ... Oxford English Dictionary
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