Middle English Dictionary Entry
anoi n.
Entry Info
| Forms | anoi n. Also annoi, ennoi, onoi; anui, annu, ennui, ennu, onnui; ani, enni. |
| Etymology | OF en(n)ui, an(n)ui, an(n)oi. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
Note: Cp. noi.
1.
(a) A feeling of annoyance, irritation, displeasure, distaste; discomfort, uneasiness; also, weariness [WB(2)]; -- also pl.; (b) tribulation, affliction, suffering; -- also pl.
Associated quotations
a
- c1230(?a1200) *Ancr.(Corp-C 402)24b : Þe ennu [vrr. anui, annu, ennui] þet ha her for his luue eadmodliche þolieð.
- c1230(?a1200) *Ancr.(Corp-C 402)101b : Þe þridde bitternesse is i longunge toward heouene & i þe ennu [Nero: anui] of þis world.
- (1357) Gaytr.LFCatech.(Yk-Borth R.I.11)94/525 : Slauthe or slawnes, That is ane hertly anger or anoye til us Of any gastely gode that we sal do.
- c1390(?c1350) SVrn.Leg.(Vrn)55/845 : Mony anuyȝes Þey hedden þerin þorwh noumbre of fliȝes.
- a1400 PPl.B (Trin-C B.15.17)5722 [10.60] : The carfulle may crie..a-fyngred and a-furst..Is ther noon to nyme hym neer, His anoy [Ld: noy] to amende?
- a1425(c1385) Chaucer TC (Benson-Robinson)4.845 : As angwissh, langour, cruel bitternesse, Anoy, smert, drede, fury.
- a1425(c1395) WBible(2) (Roy 1.C.8)Ps.118.28 : Mi soule nappide for anoye [WB(1): for noȝe; L præ tædio]; conferme thou me in thi wordis.
- a1475(1450) Scrope DSP (Bod 943)38/13 : A soft worde puttithe a-way grete ennoy [Helm: noyaunce].
- a1475(?a1430) Lydg.Pilgr.(Vit C.13)8231 : Thys armure doth me so gret greff, So gret annoy & dysplesaunce.
- a1475(?a1430) Lydg.Pilgr.(Vit C.13)21474 : Whyl I lay thus in A trance, In gret Anoy and perturbaunce.
- a1500(?a1400) SLChrist (Hrl 3909)298 : When he segh ho with child was, then hade Ioseph in hert any [rime: pryuely].
- a1500(?c1450) Merlin (Cmb Ff.3.11)191 : The heete that dide hem grete anoye on the day.
b
- a1325(c1280) SLeg.Pass.(Pep 2344)2028 : As ȝe goþ in anny Aboute and sori beoþ.
- c1350 Ayenb.App.(Arun 57)267 : Þe profetes..þet ine longe anoy onderuynge þet ouet of blysse.
- ?c1350 Why werre (Peterh 104)p.11 : Ther nys no relygion That ther nys yn ennye [rime: dye].
- c1380 Firumb.(1) (Ashm 33)3352 : With sorwe was is herte be-trend, wiþ care & eke anuye.
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.Pars.(Manly-Rickert)I.678 : Thanne is Accidie the angwissh of a trouble herte. And Seint Augustyn seith, it is anoy of goodnesse and anoy of harm.
- a1400 Pep.Gosp.(Pep 2498)27/7 : Yblissed ben hij þat habbeþ schame & anoyȝe for riȝth, for hiren is þe blis of heuene.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)2.6231 : Conservid from al anoye & smerte.
- a1425(c1395) WBible(2) (Roy 1.C.8)Tob.7.19 : The Lord of heuene ȝyue to thee ioie, for the anoie [WB(1): noȝe; L taedio] that thou suffridist.
- a1425(?a1400) RRose (Htrn 409)1919 : Bothe gret anoy and eke swetnesse, And joie meynt with bittirnesse.
- a1425 Rolle FLiving (Arun 507)417 : Þe foule anoyes of thoughtis þat are idel.
- (?a1439) Lydg.FP (Bod 263)7.111 : Herodes..fill into anoye Of hertli sorwe & malencolie.
- c1450(?c1408) Lydg.RS (Frf 16)2370 : Thou shalt fele annoy and peyn.
- a1475(?a1430) Lydg.Pilgr.(Vit C.13)1828 : Thow dost to hyre no plesaunce, But gret Anoye & dystourbaunce.
- c1425(?c1400) Wycl.Apost.(Dub 245)435 : To suffre anoyes in þis world, and bi Þis to come to heyȝnesse in hevene.
- 1607(?a1425) Chester Pl.(Hrl 2124)99/345 : I, Ionas, in full great any to god I prayed inwardlie, and he me hard through his mercy.
2.
(a) A source of trouble, hardship, or harm; that which causes trouble, annoyance, discomfort, suffering, etc.; adversity, trouble; a nuisance, a disturbance, an affliction; -- often pl.; (b) don ~, cause trouble or discomfort; do damage or harm.
Associated quotations
a
- c1300 SLeg.Inf.Chr.(LdMisc 108)715 : Felawe, here ich am Ovt of a nuy to bringue þe.
- c1330(?a1300) Arth.& M.(Auch)880 : He may..Out of anoye bring þe.
- a1350 SLeg.Brendan (Ashm 43)396 : To þe contrei þat ȝe beþ of..ȝe scholleþ wende, Al eseliche wiþ [oute] anuy [Ld: trauail].
- (a1387) Trev.Higd.(StJ-C H.1)1.239 : Þis onnuy he hadde: a cherle was wiþ hym in his chare.
- c1390 Lord my God (Vrn)40 : Anuy and trauayle beo þei to me.
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.Sh.(Manly-Rickert)B.1320 : Parauenture I may in youre meschief Conseille or helpe, and therfore telleth me Al youre anoy.
- a1400 12 PTrib.(1) (Roy 17.B.17)50 : Lo, I am redy to anoyes, to suffre þat my hert may be clensid.
- a1400 12 PTrib.(1) (Roy 17.B.17)57 : A frende þenkis on his frend, when he is in a-noye, ofter þen if he were with-outen.
- c1400 Bible SNT(1) (Selw 108 L.1)2 Tim.4.2 : Preche þou þe word & stonde bysylyche boþe in hese & in anuy.
- (c1422) Hoccl.JWife (Dur-U Cosin V.3.9)p.176 : He seeth the griefs and annoyes of the soule, & tho thynges eek þat ther-to been profitable.
- ?a1425(c1380) Chaucer Bo.(Benson-Robinson)3.m.12.39 : The thre goddesses..that tormenten and agasten the soules by anoy.
- a1450(c1410) Lovel.Merlin (Corp-C 80)1500 : Þere he schal hym-self destroye, his owne sowle to gret anoye.
- c1450 Palladius (BodAdd A.369)4.612 : Yf anntes unto thayme [trees] ennoyes be.
- c1450 Pilgr.LM (Cmb Ff.5.30)7 : The world..which is right ful of gret anoye of tempestes and of tormentes.
- c1460(?c1400) Beryn (Nthld 55)2583 : Cause of yeur distres Hath..fixid hem a nye..for hir trechery.
b
- c1300 SLeg.(LdMisc 108)79/77 : Huy neuereft cristine Men non a-nuy ne wrouȝte.
- c1400(?a1300) KAlex.(LdMisc 622)6107 : Horsman non..Ne miȝtten comen þe toun neiȝe, To greuen hem ne don ennoye [LinI: anoye].
- a1450(a1338) Mannyng Chron.Pt.1 (Lamb 131)2056 : Þou bryngest þe in foul fame, & dost me gret onoy & schame.
- a1450(1412) Hoccl.RP (Hrl 4866)1016 : Wrytyng also doth grete annoyes thre.
- (a1460) DSPhilos.(Helm)83/17 : He that can nat foryete any annoye that hath be done vnto him.
- a1500(?a1400) SLChrist (Hrl 3909)1696 : The kyng mich gode hym bihett, Ȝif he myȝt do hom any anye [rime: in hie].
- a1500(?c1450) Merlin (Cmb Ff.3.11)93 : The richesse..of the worlde doth but annoye to the soule.
- a1500 *Nicod.(4) (Hrl 149:Hulme)268a : The Iewes wyl do gret Annoy to my freendes.
- 1607(?a1425) Chester Pl.(Hrl 2124)90/132 : To curse the people of Iudy, that do hym great anoye.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- ?a1425 *MS Htrn.95 (Htrn 95)140b/a : When it is hurte, be cause of þe wounde of þe place, þe ennoye of him induceþ gret nocument in þe member.
Note: New subsense.
Note: Belongs to sense 2.
Note: Gloss: (c) agitation, disturbance, irritation.
Note: The list of variant spellings in the form section may be incomplete and / or may need revision to accord with standards of later volumes of the MED.--notes per MLL
Supplemental Materials (draft)
Note: Med., etc., see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. ennoy.