† reˈjoy, v. Obs.
Also reioy(e.
[ad. OF. rejoir (mod.F. réjouir): see re- and joy v.]
1. intr. To rejoice, be joyful. Const. at, in.
| c 1315 Shoreham iii. 169 Ȝyf þy wyl reioyeþ more In enyes kennes þynges..þou ne anourest god aryȝt. c 1485 Digby Myst. (1882) iv. 1321 Therfor in your harte [to] reioye ye may be fayn. 1662 in Cosin's Corr. (Surtees) II. 312 He oftens will rejoy and jest at his expressions. |
2. trans. (and refl.). To make joyful or happy; to cause to rejoice. Also const. of.
| c 1374 Chaucer Troylus v. 395 Let vs speake of lustie life in Troy That we have lad,..And eke of time coming vs rejoy. a 1400–50 Alexander 3407 Ȝe sall be glad of my degre & gretly reioyd. c 1477 Caxton Jason 9 b, Thenne began the ladyes to reioye them silf. c 1500 Melusine 205 For to make hym to forgete his losse, & forto reioye & haue hym out of melencolye. |
3. To enjoy as possessor.
| 1454 Paston Lett. I. 299 So that I may by your frendship the more peasably rejoy my forsaid purchase. 1468 Ibid. II. 331 That I and myn assignez may peasseble rejoie theym. a 1500 in Arnolde Chron. (1811) 39 That they vse hem full and reioye hem for euer. |
Hence † reˈjoying vbl. n. Obs.
| c 1315 Shoreham v. 90 Elyzabet wel þat aspyde, Hou a spylede onder hyre syde, And made hys reioyynge. 1486 Bk. St. Albans A v, Ther be ix. inestimable reioyngis in armys. The ix. inestimable reioyngis of armys ben theys. First is a gentilman to be made a knyght in the felde [etc.]. |