noyen
Middle English edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Anglo-Norman nuier, reinforced through aphesis of anoyen. Compare anoyen.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
noyen
- To hurt; to cause injury.
- To harass, distress, or trouble.
- To bother; to annoy or irritate.
- c. 1385, William Langland, Piers Plowman, section II:
- That is Mede þe Mayde quod she · hath noyed me ful oft / And ylakked my lemman.]
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- c. 1385, William Langland, Piers Plowman, II:
- "In Normandie was he noght / Noyed for my sake; / Ac thow thiself soothly / Shamedest hym ofte, / Crope into a cabane1740 / For cold of thi nayles, / Wendest that wynter / Wolde han y-lasted evere, / And dreddest to be ded / For a dym cloude, / And hyedest homward / For hunger of thi wombe."]
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- To wear out; to exhaust.
- To make angry or revolted.
- (rare) To be annoyed or irritated.
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of noyen (weak in -ed)
1Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.
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Descendants edit
References edit
- “noien, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.