noyen

Middle English

Alternative forms

• neuen, neuyn, noȝen, noiȝe, noy, noye, noyȝen, nue, nueyn, nuiȝe, nuye

Etymology

Borrowed from Anglo-Norman nuier, reinforced through aphesis of anoyen. Compare anoyen.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnui̯ən/, /ˈniu̯ən/, /ˈniːən/

Verb

noyen

1. To hurt; to cause injury.
2. To harass, distress, or trouble.
3. 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.]

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

   • 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."]

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

4. To wear out; to exhaust.
5. To make angry or revolted.
6. (rare) To be annoyed or irritated.

Conjugation

Conjugation of noyen (weak in -ed)

infinitive	(to) noyen, noye
	present tense	past tense
1st-person singular	noye	noyed
2nd-person singular	noyest	noyedest
3rd-person singular	noyeth	noyed
subjunctive singular	noye
imperative singular		—
plural1	noyen, noye	noyeden, noyede
imperative plural	noyeth, noye	—
participles	noyynge, noyende	noyed, ynoyed

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

Related terms

• noy
• noyaunce
• noyous
• noysom

Descendants

• English: noy (obsolete)
• Scots: noy (obsolete)

References

• “noien, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.