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nuisir (s.xii^1/3)

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nuisir (s.xii^1/3)

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neeure, neure; noire, noiser, noisier, noisir, noisser, noyre; nuer, nuir, nuire, nure, nuser; nuyr, nuyre (nurer, nurrir Gui War 2246, uuirre (l. nuirre) Prov vil 11.279)

FEW: nocere 7,161a Gdf: nuire 5,543a / nuisir 5,544c GdfC: nuire 10,215b TL: nuire 6,888 DEAF: nuire DMF: nuire TLF: nuire OED: nuise v. MED: nusen v. DMLBS: nocere 1920a

The infinitive nuire is the older form, derived from Latin nocere. The longer infinitive nuisir is built from the ind.pr. plural verbal forms starting with nuis-.

There seems to be some semantic overlap and similarity of form with nuier, especially in sense 2 (‘to annoy, vex’). It is not entirely clear whether grammatically nuisir is accompanied by a direct object (and therefore a v.a.), or an indirect object – cf. the construction nuisir a – (and therefore a v.n.), but both options seem to have been possible.

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v.trans.1to injure, hurt (physically) ♦ to cause harm, damage, disadvantage ♦ to cause harm, damage, disadvantage 2to annoy, vex
v.intrans.to cause harm, damage, disadvantage ♦ to cause harm, damage, disadvantage ♦ to be harmful, unhealthy ♦ to be painful, ache
p.p. as a.harmful, dangerous

v.trans.

1to injure, hurt (physically):

( s.xii^1/3; MS: s.xii^ex ) (through the magical ower of a stone:) Ne ja venim ne li nuirat Lapid 232.867

( c.1334; MS: s.xiv^m ) la flaume del fourneys, qe ne lui poeit nuser TREVET Cron¹ 195.26

♦to cause harm, damage, disadvantage:

( s.xii^1/3; MS: s.xii^ex ) A ceus qui ceste pere avrunt Diable sovent apparrunt, Mais ja nuisir ne lur purrunt Lapid 211.209

( 1171-74; MS: c.1200 ) Maint engin pur mei nuire sovent avant mis unt; Mais la force Deu est plus fort que il ne sunt Becket¹ 3456

( c.1270; MS: s.xiii^4/4 ) E ke si garde sa nature Ke male costume ne la pust nure Secr abernun 2275

( 1354; MS: c.1360 ) tout ceo qe poet sauler le malveis coer, deliter le puant corps et nuyr la cheitive alme Sz Med¹ 52

♦lawto cause harm, damage, disadvantage:

( 1319 ) pur quei le dreyn presentement ne vous deit nuyre YBB Ed II xxv 81

2to annoy, vex:

( c.1230; MS: s.xiii^m ) L'em [le] dit en reprovier: Suvent ennue beau chanter. Pur ceo mun cunte voil terminer, Que nuls ne nust mun lung parler S Modw 1108

( 1267; MS: c.1300 ) Mes nure [...] ne vus deit Ceo ke vus demanderai Lum Lais ANTS 9775

v.intrans.

to cause harm, damage, disadvantage:

( 1113-19; MS: s.xii^3/3 ) sulunc les Latins 'Nuit' est dit a 'nuisir' Comput ANTS 289

( 1174-75; MS: s.xii^ex ) Tel nuist ki ne put aidier quant vient al jugement FANT OUP 404

( s.xiii^m; MS: s.xiv^1/4 ) Le parler suvent nust, Ne nuerait si se tust CATO ANON ANTS 235

( MS: 1272-82 ) E quant ke nuist seit eschivez Veni Cr MAE 37.20

( s.xiii^ex; MS: s.xiv² ) li deables orguillus Ki est enreveres e ennuius Aveit leissur de nuire en ceste munde Apoc giffard 1536

♦lawto cause harm, damage, disadvantage:

( 1292 ) cele escrit ne ly (=indirect object) deit nure YBB 20-21 Ed I 183

♦med.to be harmful, unhealthy:

( s.xii^2/4; MS: c.1200 ) ki la beust, vomireit sun pulmun et si murreit. Ceste piere est tute neire, mes ses vertuz ne sunt mie neires tutes, kar eles sunt blanches quant eles aient, et neires quant eles nuisent Lapid 106.XXVIII.14

( s.xiii^2/4; MS: s.xiii^3/4 ) Les froides choses profitent et les chaudes nuisent A-N Med i 185

♦med. to be painful, ache:

( c.1270; MS: s.xiii^4/4 ) Ne dolurs en les vessies nuirent, Mes tut utre gari esteit De la vile paralesie k'avant aveit S Rich ANTS M370

nuisir a

1 to hurt, harm (physically):

( 1160-74; MS: s.xiiiⁱⁿ ) Un helme aveit tot fait de fust, Que colp el chief ne li neust Rom de Rou wace ii 197.8376

♦to cause harm to, damage, disadvantage:

( s.xii¹; MS: 1155-60 ) Ne lessad hume que il noust a els (Latin: Non dimisit hominem ut noceret eis) Camb Ps 191.CIV.14

( 1171-74; MS: c.1200 ) E pur ço vus devez de conseil bien guarnir, Qu'il ne deie a la pape a damage venir, A l'iglise de Rume e a vus mult nuisir Becket¹ 3280

( 1354; MS: c.1360 ) jeo ne musce riens par dedeinz moi qe puisse nuyre a l'alme ne grever Sz Med¹ 81

♦lawto harm, cause damage or disadvantage:

( 1292 ) tele chosse ke est fet parentre autres a nus ne deit nure YBB 20-21 Ed I 171

♦med.to be painful to, unhealthy for:

( s.xii^2/4; MS: c.1200 ) Celidoine [...] toult bien la fievre, restreint bien humurs ki nuisent al cors Lapid 101.XIV.12

( s.xiii^2/4; MS: s.xiii^3/4 ) Si covient que la diete soit atempré, car froides choses nuisent a l'esplen et chaudes au foie A-N Med i 234

( 1266-1300; MS: c.1300 ) Novelle cervoise tourble at tres malles conditions, car le ventre enfle, trop nuist az costez et fait opilation del foie et de l'esplen Waterford busby 263.S65.11

( s.xiv¹; MS: s.xiv^m ) ceo fet moltz des mals et emple l'estomake des mals humors et nuyst molt al chief Secr anon 11.90

2to annoy, vex:

( s.xii^1/3; MS: s.xii^ex ) Ceste piere tel odur dune: As malvés noist, as pruz est bone Lapid 47.474

( s.xiii^1/3; MS: s.xiii^m ) Une pucele [...]; En une chambre pur vus la mist Pur le grant duel q'ele feseit, Q'a vus nuisir ne devreit Gui War 4984

( c.1235; MS: c.1235 ) Engettez ces drapeus! Ne vus nuit la puur? S Aub 569

p.pr. as a. or s.

nuisant
nuisant

p.p. as a.

harmful, dangerous:

( s.xii^1/3; MS: c.1200 ) Ki saintement la (=chalcedony) portera, Ja d'ewe nuite mal n'avra (Latin: tutus erit ab aqua nocente) [...] Se hom la porte de sa enfance, En nule ewe ne nei[e]ra Lapid 243.1206

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