Middle English Dictionary Entry
noisen v.
Entry Info
| Forms | noisen v. Also nois(e, p.ppl. noised, etc. & noissed, nossed, inoised, anoisit, (error) moysed. |
| Etymology | OF noisier & ME noise n. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) To make noises; (b) to talk or cry out.
Associated quotations
a
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)4.3004 : Ther is no cok to crowe day, Ne beste non which noise may.
- a1425 *Medulla (Stnh A.1.10)14b/b : Clango: to noyse as trompes.
- a1425 *Medulla (Stnh A.1.10)45a/b : Obstrepo: to noyse.
- c1450(?a1400) Wars Alex.(Ashm 44)4744 : He noys as a nowte, as a nox quen he lawes.
b
- (a1438) MKempe A (Add 61823)154/2 : What xal I mor noysen er cryen?
- c1613(1441) Plumpton Let.p.lx : The said misdoers followed..noising & crying, 'Sley the Archbishop Carles!'
2.
(a) To report or rumor (sth.); also, imply (sth.) [quot.: 1447-8]; ppl. noised, rumored, reported; also, reputed, famed [quot.: c1450 Capgr.]; wel noised, of good repute; (b) to slander, defame, or accuse (sb. or sth.); -- often followed by that clause containing the accusation; ~ bi (in, of, upon, with), accuse of (sth.); (c) to praise (sb. or sth.); also refl. boast; ~ of, boast of (sb. or sth.); -- also refl.
Associated quotations
a
- (a1419) Let.Whitchurch in MLR 2275 : It is so notory & so y noysed in all þis lordship þat þe seyde Jon Hullemore and Margarete beth þe nexte lawfull heires.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)2.3333 : Sche..Dide a synne..Whiche noised was & kouþe þoruȝ þe heuene.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)5.790 : Al þis founde was & knowe, Þoruȝ-oute þe hoste noised & y-blowe.
- (a1438) MKempe A (Add 61823)10/34 : It was noysed a-bowt þe town of N. þat þer wold neyþyr man ne best don seruyse to þe seyd creatur.
- (?a1439) Lydg.FP (Bod 263)1.4662 : He muste also considre..whethir he be, bi report off his name, A man weel noised or sclaundrid bi diffame.
- (1447-8) Shillingford132 : The seyde Bysshop, Dean, and Chapiter have noysed by their writynge, not pleynly declared, of divers thingis.
- a1450 Yk.Pl.(Add 35290)310/99 : A noysomemare note newly is noysed.
- (1450) Complaint in War.AM 4186 : Thay hau done..all the dispite that thay couth or myght..saing and noysing that the said John Brome is ayenst my lord.
- (1450) RParl.5.204b : It is noised her that by the Resompcion thys Ile shal stond in the Kinggs hand..hit is openli spoken and noysed that the said John Newport hath sold the said Ile.
- c1540(?a1400) Destr.Troy (Htrn 388)1173 : Hit was noiset anon þat a noumbur hoge Of Grekes were gedret.
- c1540(?a1400) Destr.Troy (Htrn 388)12271 : The noy of þat noble was noyset thurgh the ost.
- c1450(a1425) MOTest.(SeldSup 52)16561 : Yf þis noyte were noysed in land, yt suld make lades be more kene.
- c1450 Capgr.Rome (Bod 423)16 : This hill..bar a grete name for þat same tullius hostilius dwelt þerin, and eke it was mor noysed for þe gloriouse poete ennius dwelt in þat same place.
- c1450 Capgr.St.Kath.(Arun 396)4.2120 : Þis lady feythfully gan stande With maister Aryot..Most famous man noysed in þat tyme.
- (1460) *Doc.Maldon : It was noysyd and publysshyd that the seyde Gylys was an Alyen born.
- (1463) Paston2.291 : If ony questions or jangelyng schuld be mad when þe examinacion was, let a sufficiant day wyth-jnne þe yer be noysed.
- (1463) Paston2.292 : He noyseth and seyth, be-cause of ille wyll, ye haue caused a mad woman to take apell a-yens hym.
- (a1464) Capgr.Chron.(Cmb Gg.4.12)278 : Certeyn men..noised in the puple that Kyng Richard was o lyve.
- (1465) Paston2.311 : It is noyced here þat my lord of Norfolk hathe taken partye in thes mater.
- (a1470) Malory Wks.(Win-C)832/33 : Ye ar noysed that ye have gotyn a chylde, and hys name ys Galahad, And men sey that he shall do many mervaylouse thyngys.
- (a1470) Malory Wks.(Win-C)1202/7 : And the quene had be so dere unto me as ye noyse her, I durste have kepte her.
- (1474) Stonor1.149 : Grettely hyt hys nossed and hasse bene tolde me..þat but ye be ware she shall be take from you.
- a1500 Discip.Cler.(Wor F.172)70 : This thyng noised bi the Citee, she was outcast as advowteres.
- a1500 Partenay (Trin-C R.3.17)1556 : The peple merily ioyng As of the good rule noysed of thaim.
- 1543(1464) Hardyng Chron.B (Grafton)p.112 : He was full glad..of his folke that were of greate power noised.
b
- (1425) RParl.4.298b : I am noysed howe yat I shuld have stired ye..Prince to have take ye gouvernance of yis Reume.
- (1426) Proc.Privy C.3.218 : If my lord..here or knowe..of any oþer lord to be noysed of any extorcion, mayntenaunce, or taking of good..advertise him þat so is noysed for to kepe him fro suche noyse.
- (1426-7) Paston (EETS)1.11 : The seyd Walter, be billes in þe too last parlementz..and..in diuers other maneres hath noysed and skaundered þe seyd William.
- (1427) RParl.4.322b : Oure good Fader, the Archebisshopp of Canterbury..schulde have be detecte and noysed ungoodly and unskilfully to oure holy Fader the Pope, that he schulde have been and procured ayens the Libertees of the Courte of Rome in this lond.
- (1428) Doc.in Sur.Soc.856 : John Lyllyng was noysed yat he suld hafe blended plaster or lyme amang his alom and so seld yt furth deceyvabilly.
- (1432) Proc.Chanc.in Cal.PCEliz.1.p.xxviii : I am noysed and borne in honde that I sholde say, [etc.].
- ?1435 Lond.Chron.Jul.(Jul B.2)91 : I am noysed amonge the states off youre lande how that..ther was on a nyht taken..a man which shulde haue confessed that he was there by myn excitacion and procuryng to have slayne the seyde Prince.
- (?a1439) Lydg.FP (Bod 263)6.42 : Summe off hir [Fortune's] handis..Gaff oon richesse, anothir pouerte, Gaff summe also bi report a good name, Noised anothir of sclaundre &..diffame.
- (?a1439) Lydg.FP (Bod 263)7.334 : Thou sclaundrid woman, noised in lecherie Thoruh al the world.
- (?a1439) Lydg.FP (Bod 263)7.1249 : Vitellius & his felawes..Diffamed be sclaundre, noised be þer lecherye..myhte haue no gouernaunce.
- (1440) in Rymer's Foedera (1709-10)10.767 : For..I myght be otherwise noised, that my true acquitaill may be knowen, I..besyche my seid Lord that..I may have now this myn Articles of Record.
- (1445) Visit.Alnwick218 : Ye [prioress] and your said place are greuously noysede and sclaundrede for the..commune accesse of seculere people.
- (1447-8) Shillingford87 : Hit was said..to noyse and disslaundre the said citee that hit was sette afire by men of the same citee.
- (1450) Complaint in War.AM 4184 : Thay in..market toun hau let noyse and disolaunder hym otherwise then the trouthe ys.
- c1450 Capgr.Rome (Bod 423)108 : Þou namest to me a cursed man, a renegat, a man gretely noised with wischcraft.
- (1451) Paston2.61 : He hayth sore noyssed my mayster to þe Kynge and to þe lordes.
- (1459-60) *Plea & Mem.R.Lond.GildhA 83.7d : Henry..ageyns all trouth..hath be defamed and noysed þat he..shuld haue sold, furnisshed, and stuffed for therl of Warrewik diverse herneys and Armure.
- (1461) Paston2.241 : Sir Mylis Stapylton, knyght, with other yll dysposed persones defame and falsly noyse me in morderyng of Thomas Denys.
- (1461) Paston2.241 : The seyd Stapylton ferþermore noyseth me with gret robries.
- (a1470) Malory Wks.(Win-C)664/18 : Corsabryne moysed [read: noysed] her and named her that she was oute of her mynde.
- (1471) Plea & Mem.R.Lond.Gildh.59 : Alexandre..openly noised hym that he was a fals traitour.
- a1500 3rd Fran.Rule (Seton)48/5 : It is to be ware diligently that none heretike or suspect of heresy or noysed theruppon be admittyd.
c
- ?a1425(c1380) Chaucer Bo.(Benson-Robinson)3.m.6.10 : Thanne comen alle mortel folk of noble seed. Why noysen ye or bosten of your eldres?
- c1440 PLAlex.(Thrn)88/7 : Ȝe bygge temples and makes autres in þam, and..grete delyte hase..at ȝour name es noysede.
- c1450(c1440) Scrope Othea (StJ-C H.5)73/23 : Þer is no þing þat may be noised long amonge þoo þingis þe whiche schal haue ende.
- c1450(c1440) Scrope Othea (StJ-C H.5)83/3 : Þei noise them-silf of þe goodnesse þat þei haue.
- c1540(?a1400) Destr.Troy (Htrn 388)220 : Thy selfe to be sene and in suche fame, By þi name þus anoisyt & for noble holden.
- (a1464) Capgr.Chron.(Cmb Gg.4.12)98 : Justiniane..in exile..noysed himself openly that he schuld be emperoure ageyn.
3.
To believe (sth.).
Associated quotations
- c1450(c1440) Scrope Othea (StJ-C H.5)44/27 : Therfore the wise man seith: 'I noyse [F repute] nat..God al-oonly to be serued be wordes but be good deedis.'
4.
To trouble (sb. with sth.).
Associated quotations
- c1613(1441) Plumpton Let.p.lv : The marchmen were ashamed to come so farr and not to be noysed with none affray or they went out of the Country.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- (1465) Doc.Beverley in Seld.Soc.1452b : Forsomoche as Adam Newcombe, littester, disclaundrely noised and disclaundered the said Governers…that he…aske them forgyvenes, and knowlage his offence and trespace in that behalve.
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