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N,
A few remarks upon this letter are necessary. An initial n,
in English, is very liable to be prefixed to a word which
properly begins with a vowel; and again, on the other hand, an
original initial n is sometimes dropped. A.
In the former case, the n is probably due to the final
letter of an or mine; thus an ewt becomes
a newt, mine uncle becomes my nuncle, and
hence newt and nuncle, used independently. Other
examples occur in nickname fro eke-name, and nugget,
formerly niggot = ningot, for ingot. In
Middle-English, numerous similar examples occur, such as a
noke for an oke, an oak (cf. John Nokes = John
an-oaks, i.e. John of the oaks); a naye = an aye,
an egg; thi nye = thin ye, thine eye; thi
nynon = thin ynon, thine eyes; examples of all
these are given in Halliwell, under noke, naye, nye,
and nynon respectively. In the case of for the nonce,
the n belongs to the old dat. case of the article, the
older phrase being for then ones; see Nonce.
B. On the other hand, an original n is lost in auger
for nauger, in the sense of a carpenter's tool; in umpire
for numpire, adder for nadder, orange
for norange, apron for napron, ouch
for nouch. See my note to P.
Plowman, C. xx. 306.
From An Etymological
Dictionary of the English Language, by the Rev. Walter W. Skeat,
Litt.D. LL.D. Edin., M.A. Oxon. Elrington and Bosworth Professor
of Anglo-Saxon in the University of Cambridge. Second Edition, 1883.
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