▪ I. † joise, v. Obs.
Forms: 4 iois(s)en, iosyen; Sc. 4–6 ioys, 5–6 iois, 6 iose, ioyse, ioise, 7 ioiss, (9 joyse).
[a. OF. joiss-, lengthened stem of joir: see joy v. and rejoice.]
1. refl. and intr. To rejoice.
| c 1320 Seuyn Sag. (W.) 92 That thai made so grete josying. a 1325 Prose Psalter cxlix. 2 Ioisen þe douȝters of Syon in her kynge. 1340 Ayenb. 25 Þus him ioisseþ and him glorifieþ þe wreche ine his herte. |
2. trans. (Sc.) To enjoy the possession or use of.
| a 1400 Burgh Laws c. 41 (Sc. Stat. I.) Þan sall þe man ioys [gaudebit] all þe gudis of þat lande. 1508 Dunbar Tua mariit wemen 201, I wend I iosit a gem, and I hafe ane geit gottin. 1615 in Proc. Soc. Ant. Scot. (1896) XXX. 56 To use and exerce the said office..als frelie..as vmquhile Schir William M{supc}Dougall..bruikit and joissit the samen of before. [c 1817 Hogg Tales & Sk. V. 152 To be peaceably brooked, joysed, set, used and disposed of by him and his aboves, as specified.] |
▪ II. joise, joissh
obs. forms of joist, juice.