norischen

Middle English

Alternative forms

• norische, norisshen, norisshe, norschen, norschyn, nurisch, norysche, norysch, norissche, nurysche, norshe, norischi, norischci, norissy

Etymology

From Old French nouriss-, stem of norrir, from Latin nūtriō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnuriʃən/, /ˈnurisən/, /ˈnurʃən/

Verb

norischen

1. To nourish; to provide with food or nourishment.
   1. To breastfeed; to provide with breastmilk.
   2. To provide with healthy and fulfilling food.
   3. To consume food or nourishment.
2. To provide sustenance and necessities for something; to support:
   1. To religiously nourish; to provide with religious sustenance.
   2. To foster; to assist something's growth or development:
      1. To bring up a child; to rear offspring.
      2. To bring up or rear animals; to help raise.
      3. To tend to crops; to perform agricultural labour.
      4. To spread or encourage an idea or belief.
3. To care about; to like or be affected by.
4. To give birth; to reproduce or create offspring.
5. (physiology) To supply bodily organs with vital substances.
6. To heat; to keep at an active temperature.
7. (rare) To motivate; to embolden.

Conjugation

Conjugation of norischen (weak in -ed)

infinitive	(to) norischen, norische
	present tense	past tense
1st-person singular	norische	norisched
2nd-person singular	norischest	norischedest
3rd-person singular	norischeth	norisched
subjunctive singular	norische
imperative singular		—
plural1	norischen, norische	norischeden, norischede
imperative plural	norischeth, norische	—
participles	norischynge, norischende	norisched, ynorisched

¹Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.

Derived terms

• norischaunt
• norischer
• norisshement
• norisshyng

Descendants

• English: nourish
• Scots: nourish

References

• “norishen, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-08-15.