noisance1 (c.1170)

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noisance1 (c.1170)

[ gdw]

[ FEW: 7,56b nausea; Gdf: 5,516c noisance 1; GdfC: ; TL: 6,727 noisance; DEAF: ; DMF: ; TLF: ; OED: ; MED: ; DMLBS: ]
 

The word is unique to this attestation (also in Gdf and TL), and may have been constructed to provide a rhyme. For other derivational forms of noise1 unique to Horn, see noisee and noisif1. It is not impossible to interpret the word as a variant spelling of nuisance, but an association with noise1 seems likely.

s.

1soundnoise, disturbance
( c.1170; MS: s.xiiiex )  [...] Cum vus porrez oir, si ne faites noisance  1322
noise#1  noisee  noiser#1  noisif#1  noisous 
This is an AND2 Phase 4 (N-O/U-P-Q) entry. © 2013-17 The Anglo-Norman Dictionary. All rights reserved. Funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council of the United Kingdom.
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