A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
Hide Quotations Hide Etymology
About this entry:
First published 1971 (DOST Vol. IV).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Nurs, Nource, v. [e.m.E. nourse (1526), nurse (1535), nource (1546), reduced form of Nuris v.] tr. To rear, to foster, to suckle. —c1420 Wynt. v. 1995.
The chyld than gert thai tendyrly Be nursyt [C. nwrist] quhill thare wes gane by … full sewyn yhere 1604-9 Grahame Anat. Hum. 41.
She must haue a stranger to nource her childe
