norrice
Middle English
Old French
Etymology
From norrir
Noun
norrice f (oblique plural norrices, nominative singular norrice, nominative plural norrices)
- a wet nurse
- circa 1250, Rutebeuf, Ci encoumence la complainte Rutebuef de son oeul:
- Or wet de l’argent ma norrice
- Now my wet nurse wants some money
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