† invyn.
Chiefly Scottish. Obsolete.
= envy n.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > jealousy or envy > [noun] > envy
evestOE
envyc1280
envioustya1382
viea1400
grudgingc1420
invyc1440
emulation1561
enviousness1561
envying1587
grudgement1845
begrudgery1874
c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 263/1 Invye, or envye, invidia.
c1480 (a1400) St. Andrew 876 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) I. 88 Þe fals fend..had invy he liffit sa.
c1480 (a1400) St. Matthias 390 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) I. 233 For Inwy & gret ill-wyll.
1488 (c1478) Hary Actis & Deidis Schir William Wallace (Adv.) (1968–9) xii. l. 141 He saw thai had him at Inwye.
1533 J. Gau tr. C. Pedersen Richt Vay 43 The dewil throw quhais inwi deid com in the vardil.
1596 J. Dalrymple tr. J. Leslie Hist. Scotl. (1888) I. 63 To speik without al invie the verie truth.
a1657 W. Mure Misc. Poems ii. 41 Ye bow, ye schafts..now wtout invy I yeild to the.
Derivatives
invy v. (also invye, etc.)
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > jealousy or envy > be jealous or envious of [verb (transitive)] > envy
envyc1386
invy1483
grudgea1577
malign1589
1483 Cath. Angl. 197/1 To Invye.., emulari.
a1513 W. Dunbar Poems (1998) I. 264 For gift of fortoun invy thow no degre.
1533 J. Gau tr. C. Pedersen Richt Vay 44 He inwiit that man vesz maid to the euerlestand blis quhilk he had tint.
1596 J. Dalrymple tr. J. Leslie Hist. Scotl. (1888) I. 271 (margin) He is..Jnuiet be his Nobilitie.
a1605 A. Montgomerie Flyting with Polwart 268 Wanshapen woubet, of the weirds invyit.
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