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noisance1 (c.1170)
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noisance1 (c.1170)

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  FEW:  nausea 7,56b Gdf:  noisance 1 5,516c GdfC: ∅ TL: noisance 6,727 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.

soundnoise, disturbance: 
( c.1170; MS: s.xiiiex )  [...] Cum vus porrez oir, si ne faites noisance  Horn 1322

[gdw]

See also:

noise1  noisee  noiser1  noisif1  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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