Ner, (ne wer it), were it not.
Nip, p. [100].
Nips, p. [101].
Nobellys, nobles. The noble was a gold coin, value 6s. 8d.
Nombles, Numbles, entrails; those parts which are usually baked in a pie: now, corruptly, called humbles or umbles: nombles, F. Thus we say, an Adder, an Apron, an Ouche, instead of a Nadder, (Na
e), a Napron, a Nouche: the n being, through ignorance, transferred to the article. The reverse has happened in the words A newt, which should be written An ewt: a mistake the more remarkable as we say and write An eft; both from the same root:
