ioy
English
Noun
ioy (plural ioys)
- obsolete typography of joy
- 1603, William Shakeſpeare, The Tragicall Hiſtorie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke.
- Therefore our ſometime Siſter, now our Queene
- Th'imperiall ioyntreſſe to this warlike ſtate
- Haue we as twere with a defeated ioy
- With an auſpitious, and a dropping eye,
- With mirth in funerall, and with dirdge in marriage,
- In equall ſcale waighing delight and dole
- Taken to wife : nor haue we heerein bard
- Your better wiſdomes, which haue freely gone
- With this affaire along(for all our thankes)
- 1603, William Shakeſpeare, The Tragicall Hiſtorie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke.
Verb
ioy
- obsolete typography of joy