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

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First published 1971 (DOST Vol. IV).
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Noyful(l, a. Also: noye-. [ME. and e.m.E. noyful (Wyclif), noifulle, noyeful, late ME. also nuyefull (1435).] Hurtful, injurious. —a1400 Leg. S. xxviii. 567.
Watir eftyr fyre Ful noyful is to sic martyre c1400 Troy-bk. ii. 1154.
Scho was so Rytht noyfull tho the Gregeois to a1500 Colk. Sow i. 85.
A noyefull nychtbour 1561 Cal. Sc. P. I. 596.
[No matter] noyfull to your conceyte

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