† noumperen.

Forms:

α. Middle English noumper, Middle English noumpere, Middle English noumpiere, Middle English nowmpowre, 1600s nowmper; N.E.D. (1907) also records a form Middle English nowmpere.

β. Middle English nompere, Middle English nompeyr, Middle English nwmpere.

γ. Middle English noounpier, Middle English nounpeer, Middle English nounpere, Middle English nounpier, Middle English nounpiere; N.E.D. (1907) also records a form Middle English nounper.

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French nonper.

Etymology: < Middle French nonper (adjective) peerless, without equal, surpassing all others (late 12th cent. in Old French; early 13th cent. as nomper ; late 12th cent. as noun in sense ‘one who surpasses all others’) < non- non- prefix + per peer n. Compare Anglo-Norman nompere arbiter, umpire (early 15th cent.). Compare later umpire n.

Obsolete.

= umpire n. 1a.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > dissent > absence of dissension or peace > bringing about concord or peace > [noun] > settling quarrels or disputes > arbitration > arbitrator

noumperec1350

umpire?c1400

arbitrator1426

mid-man1459

wardsman1482

appointer1523

daysman1530

arbiter1548

moderator1556

oddsman1571

compromitter1579

compromiser1598

compromittee1602

umpirer1650

goodman1836

honest broker1878

leopard-skin chief1933

leopard-skin priest1951

c1350 in London Mediaeval Stud. (1951) 2 45 (MED) Bote my rente myste reche to þe reprise, I myste ben Ipriued þerof wyt a noumper.

c1400 (a1376) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Trin. Cambr. R.3.14) (1960) A. v. 179 Til robyn þe ropere was red to arisen And nerupride hym for a noumpere þat no debate nere.

a1425 Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) (Lansd.) (1850) Rom. 2nd Prol. 302 And while thei stryuen thus, the apostil putte him bitwene as a mene, distruynge alle her qwestiouns, as a good noumpere.

1426–7 W. Paston in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) I. 10 Þe decree and iugement of a nounpier to be chosen by þe same arbitrores.

Promptorium Parvulorum (Harl. 221) 360 Nwmpere, or owmpere, Arbiter, sequester.

1532 (c1385) Usk's Test. Loue in Wks. G. Chaucer i. f. cccxxvii^v Maked I not a louedaye bytwene god and mankynde, and chese a mayde to be nompere, to put the quarel at ende?

c1613 in T. Stapleton Plumpton Corr. (1839) p. li That the said award & ordinance of the said Nowmper be made be the feast of the Nativity.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	noumpere
释义	† noumperen. Forms: α. Middle English noumper, Middle English noumpere, Middle English noumpiere, Middle English nowmpowre, 1600s nowmper; N.E.D. (1907) also records a form Middle English nowmpere. β. Middle English nompere, Middle English nompeyr, Middle English nwmpere. γ. Middle English noounpier, Middle English nounpeer, Middle English nounpere, Middle English nounpier, Middle English nounpiere; N.E.D. (1907) also records a form Middle English nounper. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French nonper. Etymology: < Middle French nonper (adjective) peerless, without equal, surpassing all others (late 12th cent. in Old French; early 13th cent. as nomper ; late 12th cent. as noun in sense ‘one who surpasses all others’) < non- non- prefix + per peer n. Compare Anglo-Norman nompere arbiter, umpire (early 15th cent.). Compare later umpire n. Obsolete. = umpire n. 1a. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > dissent > absence of dissension or peace > bringing about concord or peace > [noun] > settling quarrels or disputes > arbitration > arbitrator noumperec1350 umpire?c1400 arbitrator1426 mid-man1459 wardsman1482 appointer1523 daysman1530 arbiter1548 moderator1556 oddsman1571 compromitter1579 compromiser1598 compromittee1602 umpirer1650 goodman1836 honest broker1878 leopard-skin chief1933 leopard-skin priest1951 c1350 in London Mediaeval Stud. (1951) 2 45 (MED) Bote my rente myste reche to þe reprise, I myste ben Ipriued þerof wyt a noumper. c1400 (a1376) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Trin. Cambr. R.3.14) (1960) A. v. 179 Til robyn þe ropere was red to arisen And nerupride hym for a noumpere þat no debate nere. a1425 Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) (Lansd.) (1850) Rom. 2nd Prol. 302 And while thei stryuen thus, the apostil putte him bitwene as a mene, distruynge alle her qwestiouns, as a good noumpere. 1426–7 W. Paston in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) I. 10 Þe decree and iugement of a nounpier to be chosen by þe same arbitrores. Promptorium Parvulorum (Harl. 221) 360 Nwmpere, or owmpere, Arbiter, sequester. 1532 (c1385) Usk's Test. Loue in Wks. G. Chaucer i. f. cccxxvii^v Maked I not a louedaye bytwene god and mankynde, and chese a mayde to be nompere, to put the quarel at ende? c1613 in T. Stapleton Plumpton Corr. (1839) p. li That the said award & ordinance of the said Nowmper be made be the feast of the Nativity. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.c1350
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