ioy

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