aphetic f. NUMBER sb.
The form imber (sb. and v.) is found in modern East Anglian dialect. (Cf. UMBER v.2)
c. 1400. Laud Troy Bk., 4319. He sclow that tyme withouten vmbre Mo Troyens than I can numbre.
1746. Exmoor Vocab., in Gentl. Mag., July, 408. Umber, number.
