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[ I was fader of his flesch, His Moder hedde an herte nesch. Holy Rood (E. E. T. S.), p. 143. Take wylde tansey, and grynde yt, and make yt neshe, & ley it therto. Political Poems , etc. (ed. Furnivall), p. 36. It semeth for love his harte is tender ne h . Court of Love, 1. 1092. 2. Delicate; weak; poor-spirited. [Prov. Eng.] Synne was harde, hys blood was ne che, To defende folk fro feendys wode. Holy Rood (E. E. T. S.), p. 217. 3. Soft; friable; crumbly. [Prov. Eng.]- For hard or for nesht, in hard or in nesht, come weal, come woe; in good fortune or bad. In ne e, in hard , y pray the no we, In al stedes thou him avo we. Arthour and Merlin , p. 110. (Hall i well.)