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First published 1971 (DOST Vol. IV).
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Noy(o)us, a. Also: noyouse, -os, noious, nayouse. [ME. (Rolle) and e.m.E. noyus, -ous(e, noious, late ME. also nuous (1422): cf. Anoyus, Ennoyus.]
Fraught with harm or trouble; hurtful, injurious; vexatious, grievous, painful; also, ? odious.Also applied to persons, and absol.(1) 1375 Barb. xix. 742.
That mos … It wes richt ane noyus way a1400 Leg. S. v. 536.
Na pane Of noyus vyndis na of rane Ib. xxiii. 195.
He … to God cane pray That noyus stryfe til debat Ib. xxvii. 1419.
It is a full noyus thing Of dere frendis the departynge Ib. xl. 576. a1500 Colk. Sow ii. 4.
My noyous noyis, nycetie and negligence 15.. Clar. iv. 472.
When I was in my maist distres noyous(2) a1400 Leg. S. xviii. 970.
Than thocht I that scho wald be Sa noyus & sa wrath with me Ib. xxiv. 284.
Til nane oythire be noyus ?1438 Alex. 1608.
The fecht richt fell and noious was a 1500 Edinb. Univ. Lib. MS. No. 27 fol. 288.
The payne … that sal ful nayouse be c1450-2 Howlat 251.
Ane owle noyus [B. noyos] in nest c1520-c1535 Nisbet Luke xviii. 5.
This wedo is noyouse to me 15.. Clar. ii. 602.
Clariodus Whais lang absence hes beine to me noyous Ib. v. 1958.
Clariodus Whois wound … was ȝit sumthing noyous Ib. 1496. a1568 Bann. MS. 73 a/67.
Raw fruct thay ar verry noyusabsol. c1450-2 Howlat 47 (B).
Nyrar that noyus [v.r. noys] in nest I nycht in ane
