noumpere

Middle English

Alternative forms

owmpere, nounpeer, omper, nompere, umpere, umper

Etymology

From Old French nonper; equivalent to non- +‎ pere; forms lacking initial n- are due to reanalysis of a noumpere as an umpere.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /nuːmˈpeːr/, /numˈpeːr/, /uːmˈpeːr/, /umˈpeːr/

Noun

noumpere

An arbitrator; an umpire.
An arbitrator between arbitrators.

Descendants

English: umpire
Scots: umpire

References

“nǒumper(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-05-25.

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