| Rhyming words in stressed -oys from Middle English |
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|---|---|---|
| noys | MN | noise |
| rejoys | 13 | rejoices |
| rejoys | 72 | rejoice! |
| voys | MN | voice |
There is just one clear pair for this ensemble:
| voys | BM.2710 | voys | = | noys | BM.2711 | noyys |
Otherwise, voys forms a half-rhyme with reys 'need' at BM.3026;
and at RD.2296 the diphthong in noys is broken in the following rhyming pair,
which really belongs to ℛes.
| dhe-ves | RD.2295 | the ves | ≈ | noys | RD.2296 | noyes |