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A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)

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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.

Quotation dates: 1375-1420, 1584-1617

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Anoy(e, Annoy, n. [ME. anoye (14th c.; earlier anuy, anui), annoye, annoie, OF. anoi, anui (F. ennui). Cf. Ennoy n.] Annoyance, trouble, vexation.1375 Barb. i. 304 (he that mycht of nane anoyis feyle); iii. 376 (sa hard anoy thaim assayit). a1400 Legends of the Saints l. 835 (his anoy for till ames). c1400 Troy-bk. ii. 2291 (now haf I tald ȝow myne anoye). c1420 Ratis Raving 80 (gret anoys, schame and scaith).a1585 Maitland Quarto MS lxxix. 14 (the turtill doeth complaine for great annoy).c1611–c1617 Mure Early Misc. P. xv.1 (quhat night of sad annoyis).

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