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▪ I. † norsh, n.
obs. variant of nourish n., nurse.
1382Wyclif Ruth iv. 16 Noemy putte the takun child in hir bosum; and vside the office of norshe. 1480Robt. Devyll in Thoms E. Eng. Prose Rom. (1828) 8 He bote the norshes pappes.
▪ II. † norsh, v. Obs.
Forms: 3–4 norss(i, 4 norsshe, 5 norshe, 4–5 norsche, norche.
[var. of nourish v.]
trans. To nurse or nourish.
1297R. Glouc. (Rolls) 1450 He spac engliss vor he was at rome inorssed biuore. Ibid. 1567 [Nero] let hit rere a noble court..to norssi þe ssrewe þer inne. a1380Wyclif Wks. (1880) 42 Ȝif a modir norscheþ & loueþ here fleschly child. 1387Trevisa Higden (Rolls) IV. 99 It is grete enemyte to werriours forto norsche sleuþe and leccherie. 1422tr. Secreta Secret., Priv. Priv. 195 She was of a child I-norshit with venym. 1460J. Capgrave Chron. (Rolls) 30 So vas he..thus norchid up onto mannes age.
Hence † ˈnorshing vbl. n. Also † ˈnorsher, nourisher. † ˈnorshery, nursery.
c1374Chaucer Boeth. ii. pr. v. (1868) 47 Þe fruytes of þe erþe owen to ben on þe norssinge of bestes. 1387Trevisa Higden (Rolls) VI. 219 He was i-take to norschynge and to lore to Benet Bisshop. 1442tr. Secreta Secret., Priv. Priv. 139 This byth the norchynges of lechurie. c1440Promp. Parv. 358/2 Norschynge, in manerys and condycyons..educacio. c1450Cov. Myst. (Shaks. Soc.) 239, I am norssher of synne to the confusyon of man. a1500Promp. Parv. 358/2 Norshery, where ȝong childyr ben. |