"voys" meaning in Middle English

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Noun

IPA: /vui̯s/, /vɔi̯s/, /voːs/ [dialectal], /væi̯s/ [dialectal] Forms: voyses [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Anglo-Norman voiz, voys, veys, from Latin vōx, from Proto-Indo-European *wṓkʷs. Etymology templates: {{bor|enm|xno|voiz}} Anglo-Norman voiz, {{der|enm|la|vōx}} Latin vōx, {{der|enm|ine-pro|*wṓkʷs}} Proto-Indo-European *wṓkʷs Head templates: {{head|enm|nouns|g=|g2=|g3=|head=|sort=}} voys, {{enm-noun|voyses}} voys (plural voyses)
  1. A voice (sound made with the mouth):
    The voice of a particular person.
    Sense id: en-voys-enm-noun-jbPAoy2n
  2. A voice (sound made with the mouth):
    A particular type of voice.
    Sense id: en-voys-enm-noun-g~y37rtU
  3. A voice (sound made with the mouth):
    The sound made by a certain kind of talking.
    Categories (topical): Talking
    Sense id: en-voys-enm-noun-xehuaNqy Disambiguation of Talking: 1 1 12 3 2 14 14 2 2 3 11 17 5 5 4 5
  4. A voice (sound made with the mouth):
    The speech faculty; one's capability to make sound.
    Sense id: en-voys-enm-noun-wV4hl4MB
  5. A voice (sound made with the mouth):
    The vocal organs.
    Sense id: en-voys-enm-noun-oIYG-NzD
  6. An utterance; the use of one's voice:
    A sentence (especially a maxim or byword)
    Categories (topical): Animal sounds, Communication, People, Talking
    Sense id: en-voys-enm-noun-b7HqCJX8 Disambiguation of Animal sounds: 6 6 7 6 6 12 12 7 6 2 12 5 2 4 3 4 Disambiguation of Communication: 3 4 2 5 6 18 18 4 5 4 8 11 6 2 2 2 Disambiguation of People: 2 3 0 0 3 14 14 3 3 20 20 2 17 0 0 0 Disambiguation of Talking: 1 1 12 3 2 14 14 2 2 3 11 17 5 5 4 5
  7. An utterance; the use of one's voice:
    A prayer (entreaty to a deity).
    Categories (topical): Animal sounds, Communication, People, Religion, Talking
    Sense id: en-voys-enm-noun-CkG9W2Zk Disambiguation of Animal sounds: 6 6 7 6 6 12 12 7 6 2 12 5 2 4 3 4 Disambiguation of Communication: 3 4 2 5 6 18 18 4 5 4 8 11 6 2 2 2 Disambiguation of People: 2 3 0 0 3 14 14 3 3 20 20 2 17 0 0 0 Disambiguation of Religion: 0 0 0 0 3 0 96 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 Disambiguation of Talking: 1 1 12 3 2 14 14 2 2 3 11 17 5 5 4 5
  8. A particular sound or noise:
    A musical sound; a tune, note, or musical piece or a kind of one.
    Categories (topical): Music, Sound
    Sense id: en-voys-enm-noun-xFik0ihv Disambiguation of Music: 6 6 8 7 6 1 1 22 7 0 15 3 3 4 4 4 Disambiguation of Sound: 12 12 13 12 12 0 0 25 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  9. A particular sound or noise:
    The sound an animal makes or their capability to make it.
    Sense id: en-voys-enm-noun-KohVjAWy
  10. Intent, preference (What a person or people want):
    A vote (cast by an individual).
    Categories (topical): People
    Sense id: en-voys-enm-noun-TCzX3NPb Disambiguation of People: 2 3 0 0 3 14 14 3 3 20 20 2 17 0 0 0
  11. Intent, preference (What a person or people want):
    One's decision-making ability.
    Categories (topical): Animal sounds, Directives, People, Politics, Talking
    Sense id: en-voys-enm-noun-1esUuslU Disambiguation of Animal sounds: 6 6 7 6 6 12 12 7 6 2 12 5 2 4 3 4 Disambiguation of Directives: 1 2 2 2 3 8 8 2 2 2 34 10 4 6 8 7 Disambiguation of People: 2 3 0 0 3 14 14 3 3 20 20 2 17 0 0 0 Disambiguation of Politics: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 69 0 31 0 0 0 Disambiguation of Talking: 1 1 12 3 2 14 14 2 2 3 11 17 5 5 4 5 Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 2 2 3 8 2 3 3 4 4 4 19 14 6 9 9 9 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 2 2 3 5 3 3 3 4 4 3 22 7 4 12 10 12 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 2 2 2 4 2 2 2 3 3 2 23 5 3 15 15 16
  12. A speech variety (language or dialect) Categories (topical): Communication, Language, Talking
    Sense id: en-voys-enm-noun-BXcy~AQ1 Disambiguation of Communication: 3 4 2 5 6 18 18 4 5 4 8 11 6 2 2 2 Disambiguation of Language: 1 1 1 2 2 13 13 1 2 1 7 38 5 5 5 5 Disambiguation of Talking: 1 1 12 3 2 14 14 2 2 3 11 17 5 5 4 5
  13. (grammar) Grammatical voice; the relation a verb or noun has to the subject. Categories (topical): Grammar, People
    Sense id: en-voys-enm-noun-sfodupWn Disambiguation of People: 2 3 0 0 3 14 14 3 3 20 20 2 17 0 0 0 Topics: grammar, human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
  14. (figurative) One's repute or fame. Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: en-voys-enm-noun-eL0jrlF5
  15. (figurative) A revelator or opiner; someone with a view or information. Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: en-voys-enm-noun-zv-J5qCb
  16. (rare) The concept which a word denotes. Tags: rare
    Sense id: en-voys-enm-noun-ZpHfNsDQ
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: voysen

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "text": "Scots: voice, vice, vyce"
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          "english": "And I heard a powerful voice in Heaven, saying: \"Now health, power, the kingdom of our God, and the might of his Christ have been established, because the accuser of our brothers is hurled down, who criticised them day and night.\"",
          "ref": "c. 1395, John Wycliffe, John Purvey [et al.], transl., Bible (Wycliffite Bible (later version), MS Lich 10.), published c. 1410, Apocalips 12:10, page 121v, column 1; republished as Wycliffe's translation of the New Testament, Lichfield: Bill Endres, 2010:",
          "text": "⁊ I herde a greet vois in heuene .· ſeiynge / now is maad helþe ⁊ vertu ⁊ kyngdom of oure god .· ⁊ þe power of his criſt / foꝛ þe accuſere of oure bꝛiþeren is caſt doun .· which accuſide hem bifoꝛe þe ſiȝt of oure god · dai ⁊ nyȝt",
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        {
          "english": "And another angel went out of the temple, and cried with a powerful voice to the one who sat on the cloud: \"Take your sickle and reap, as the hour it should be reaped is coming; the harvest of the Earth is ripe!\"",
          "ref": "c. 1395, John Wycliffe, John Purvey [et al.], transl., Bible (Wycliffite Bible (later version), MS Lich 10.), published c. 1410, Apocalips 14:15, page 122r, column 2; republished as Wycliffe's translation of the New Testament, Lichfield: Bill Endres, 2010:",
          "text": "⁊ an oþer aungel wente out of þe temple .· ⁊ criede wiþ greet vois to hym þat ſat on þe cloude / ſende þi ſikel ⁊ repe .· foꝛ þe our comeþ þat it be ropun. foꝛ þe coꝛn of þe erþe is ripe",
          "type": "quote"
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        "(grammar) Grammatical voice; the relation a verb or noun has to the subject."
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        "(figurative) A revelator or opiner; someone with a view or information."
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      "ipa": "/vɔi̯s/"
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      "ipa": "/væi̯s/",
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}
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    "enm:Politics",
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          "english": "And I heard a powerful voice in Heaven, saying: \"Now health, power, the kingdom of our God, and the might of his Christ have been established, because the accuser of our brothers is hurled down, who criticised them day and night.\"",
          "ref": "c. 1395, John Wycliffe, John Purvey [et al.], transl., Bible (Wycliffite Bible (later version), MS Lich 10.), published c. 1410, Apocalips 12:10, page 121v, column 1; republished as Wycliffe's translation of the New Testament, Lichfield: Bill Endres, 2010:",
          "text": "⁊ I herde a greet vois in heuene .· ſeiynge / now is maad helþe ⁊ vertu ⁊ kyngdom of oure god .· ⁊ þe power of his criſt / foꝛ þe accuſere of oure bꝛiþeren is caſt doun .· which accuſide hem bifoꝛe þe ſiȝt of oure god · dai ⁊ nyȝt",
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          "ref": "c. 1395, John Wycliffe, John Purvey [et al.], transl., Bible (Wycliffite Bible (later version), MS Lich 10.), published c. 1410, Apocalips 14:15, page 122r, column 2; republished as Wycliffe's translation of the New Testament, Lichfield: Bill Endres, 2010:",
          "text": "⁊ an oþer aungel wente out of þe temple .· ⁊ criede wiþ greet vois to hym þat ſat on þe cloude / ſende þi ſikel ⁊ repe .· foꝛ þe our comeþ þat it be ropun. foꝛ þe coꝛn of þe erþe is ripe",
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        "A voice (sound made with the mouth):",
        "A particular type of voice."
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          "voice"
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        "A voice (sound made with the mouth):",
        "The speech faculty; one's capability to make sound."
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    {
      "glosses": [
        "A voice (sound made with the mouth):",
        "The vocal organs."
      ],
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        "An utterance; the use of one's voice:",
        "A sentence (especially a maxim or byword)"
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    {
      "glosses": [
        "An utterance; the use of one's voice:",
        "A prayer (entreaty to a deity)."
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        "A musical sound; a tune, note, or musical piece or a kind of one."
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        "The sound an animal makes or their capability to make it."
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        "A vote (cast by an individual)."
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        "One's decision-making ability."
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      "glosses": [
        "A speech variety (language or dialect)"
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          "speech"
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        [
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          "variety"
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    },
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        "Grammatical voice; the relation a verb or noun has to the subject."
      ],
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        [
          "grammar",
          "grammar"
        ],
        [
          "voice",
          "voice"
        ]
      ],
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        "(grammar) Grammatical voice; the relation a verb or noun has to the subject."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "grammar",
        "human-sciences",
        "linguistics",
        "sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "One's repute or fame."
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          "repute"
        ],
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          "fame"
        ]
      ],
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        "(figurative) One's repute or fame."
      ],
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        "figuratively"
      ]
    },
    {
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      ],
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          "opiner"
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        "(figurative) A revelator or opiner; someone with a view or information."
      ],
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        "figuratively"
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        "Middle English terms with rare senses"
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        "The concept which a word denotes."
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        "(rare) The concept which a word denotes."
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        "rare"
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    {
      "ipa": "/vui̯s/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/vɔi̯s/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/voːs/",
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        "dialectal"
      ]
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    {
      "ipa": "/væi̯s/",
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        "dialectal"
      ]
    }
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    {
      "word": "vois"
    },
    {
      "word": "voice"
    },
    {
      "word": "voyce"
    },
    {
      "word": "voysce"
    },
    {
      "word": "voyse"
    },
    {
      "word": "voise"
    },
    {
      "word": "voyz"
    },
    {
      "word": "voix"
    },
    {
      "word": "voce"
    },
    {
      "word": "veys"
    },
    {
      "word": "vaise"
    },
    {
      "word": "voyes"
    }
  ],
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}

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