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† ˈnoyful, a. Obs.
Forms: 4 noiȝe-, 4–6 noye- (5 nuye-), noi-, 4–7 noyful; also 4–5 -fulle, 5–7 -full.
[f. noy n.1 + -ful.]
1. Annoying, troublesome, tiresome; also, harmful, hurtful, noxious.
1382Wyclif Luke xi. 7 Nyle thou be noyful to me. 1398Trevisa Barth. De P.R. xi. iii. (Bodl. MS.), Þe norþeren winde..is noifulle to ham þat haue tesike. 1435Coventry Leet Bk. (E.E.T.S.) 3 Oct., As the mater of this bille is grevous & Nuyefull to the comen pepull. 1483Caxton Gold. Leg. 299 b/1 Opene my woundes lest ony noyeful humour corrupte..the hyd passions. 1523Ld. Berners Froiss. I. ccclvi. 575 It is noyfull to me to recorde it. 1584Cogan Haven Health ci. (1636) 100 Declaring their noyfull qualities in appeyring of nature. a1618J. Davies Commend. Poems Wks. (Grosart) II. 20/1 To be fore-pinde..In many a noyfull stoure of willing bale.
2. Annoyed, vexed. rare.
1387Trevisa Higden (Rolls) V. 331 After sixe and twenty ȝere of Cerdicus his comyng, Arthur was wery and noyeful. Ibid. VI. 57 Þe kyng of strange tonge was greved and noyful,..and brouȝte yn anoþer [bishop] of his owne longage.
Hence † ˈnoyfully adv.; ˈnoyfulness n. Obs.
1395Purvey Remonstr. (1851) 46 Settinge noiefully in thraldom that that holi scripture settith profitabli in fredom. 1398Trevisa Barth. De P.R. viii. xiii. (1495) 320 By nighnes of eyther sterre his noyfulnesse is tempred. |