noy

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  1. To annoy; trouble; vex; afflict; hurt; damage. I am noyed of newe, That blithe may I noʒt be. York Plays, p. 147. By mean whereof the people and countre was sore vexed and noyed vnder v. kynges. Fabyan, Chron., I. xxvi. All that noyd his heavie spright Well searcht, eftsoones he gan apply relief Of salves and med'cines. Spenser, F. Q., I. x. 24. In Denmarke were full noble conquerours In time past, full worthy warriours: Which when they had their marchants destroyed, To pouerty they fell, thus were they noyed. Hakluyt's Voyages, I. 195.
  2. That which annoys or vexes; trouble; affliction; vexation. That myne angwisshe and my noyes Are nere at an ende. York Plays, p. 245. Now God in nwy to Noe con speke, Wylde wrakful wordeʒ in his wylle greued. Alliterative Poems (ed. Morris), ii. 301. Nor fruitlesse breed of lambes procures my noy. Lodge, Forbonius and Prisceria. (Nares.)

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  • Appropriately in this situation, Pokryshkin commanded: "Berezh-noy, go after the 'bandits,' we will take the bombers!" —  Attack of the Airacobras - Soviet Aces, American P-39s and the Air War Against Germany
  • But if it does, please find a way to con tact me. hello, well, I am suscribed to this thread, and I wanted to enter by clicking the link and after the login some message appear ... like,,, "you are noy authorized to enter in this disscusion" or something like that. but I start from the bigining in the apple forum and it was possible —  Discussions: Message List - root
  • It could be that either your CD burner or your Goodmans CD player are slightly of of sync, which is why they wil noy play. —  PC Advisor News
  • I know this is nit noy problem but my Son is dying to play this game and all day it has been —  LinuxQuestions.org
  • If they do noy pay taxes, then everyone else has to suffer and pay more. —  Vos Iz Neias - (Yiddish:What's News?)
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  1. from Middle English noyen, noien, nuyen; by apheresis from annoy, v.
  2. from Middle English noy, nuy, nwy, newe, nye; by apheresis from annoy, n.
 

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