Obs. rare. Also 4 ioparde, iupred, 6 iupert. [? Shortened from JEOPARDY, or with final vowel mute.] = JEOPARDY.
13[?]. E. E. Allit. P., A. 601. Of more & lasse in godez ryche … lys no Ioparde [rhyme rewarde] For þer is vch mon payed in-liche. Ibid., B. 491. Þen watz þer ioy in þat gyn where Iupred er dryȝed.
1508. Dunbar, Poems, vii. 62. Iulius, in iupert, in wisdom and expence, Most fortunable chiftane, bothe in yhouth and eild.
1611. Cotgr., Hasard, hazard, aduenture, ieopard, fortune, chance.
