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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Quotation dates: 1375-1420, 1499-1599
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Anoy, Annoy, v. [ME. anoye, anoie (14th c., earlier anuye), annoye, OF. anoier, anuier.]
1. tr. To trouble, distress, or vex.1375 Barb. i. 272 (dede anoyis him bot anys); xiii. 510 (the kyng sumdeill anoyit was). a1400 Legends of the Saints xvi. 597 (be nocht anoyt gyf thi wyf slepe); xxiv. 351 (he wes anoyt & mad wa). c1420 Wynt. ii. 398 (thai talde how thai ware anoyid). c1420 Ratis Raving 1165 (he sal oft anoyt be). 15.. Clariodus iii. 238 (he that with melancholie was anoyit). a1570-86 Maitland Folio MS clxxix. 86 (thai can nocht annoy thi saull).
2. To annoy, irritate.1375 Barb. vi. 5 (tharfor anoyit sair he wes); xvii. 265. a1400 Legends of the Saints xxxi. 464 (quhen Cesar that sene had, he wes anoyt). c1420 Wynt. viii. 4868 (a damyselle … wipyt the wall … To gere thaim mare anoyid be). a1500 Buke of the Sevyne Sagis 1402 (than was the lord gretly anoyit). c1550 Lynd. Meldrum 584 (sair annoyit of that discomfitour).
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