▪ I. † nursh, n. Obs. rare—1.
[Reduced form of nourish n. Cf. next and norsh n.]
A nurse.
| a 1420 Bible (Wycl.) Hos. xi. 3 And Y as a nursche of Effraym bare hem in myn armes. |
▪ II. † nursh, v. Obs.
Also nursch, nurch.
[Reduced form of nurish nourish v. Cf. norsh v.]
trans. To nurse, rear, nourish.
| c 1380 Wyclif Wks. (1880) 421 Stronge & idil men, þat ben nurschid in þe fendis nest to be an oost aȝenus crist. 1387 Trevisa Higden (Rolls) VII. 195 A chowȝe þat sche hadde nursched delicatly, chatered more lowde þan it was wonte. 1422 tr. Secreta Secret., Priv. Priv. 245 Good Swete wyne..nurshyth the body. |
So † ˈnursher; ˈnurshing; ˈnurshment.
| 1382 Wyclif Isa. xxx. 33 His nurshemens [1388 the nurschyngis therof] deep and spred, fyr and myche wode. Ibid. xlix. 23 And kingis shul be thi nursheres, and queenes thi nurses. 1422 tr. Secreta Secret., Priv. Priv. 248 Lytill mette that is not nurshynge. |