ioy

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English

Noun

ioy (plural ioys)

  1. 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)

Verb

ioy

  1. obsolete typography of joy

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