Middle English Dictionary Entry
enjoien v.
Entry Info
| Forms | enjoien v. Also in-, enyoien, enjouien. |
| Etymology | OF enjo-ir, enjou-iss-, rejoice; enjoi-ier make glad. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
Note: Cp. enjoicen.
1.
(a) To rejoice, feel joyful, be glad;--often with in, of, upon phrase; (b) refl., to feel delight; (c) to enjoy or be pleased by (something); (d) to gladden (someone); to encourage (growth).
Associated quotations
a
- (c1384) WBible(1) (Dc 369(2))Luke 1.14 : Manye schulen enioye [WB(2): haue ioye] in his natyuite.
- (c1384) WBible(1) (Dc 369(2))Zeph.3.17 : The Lord..shal enioye [WB(2): make ioie] vpon thee in gladnesse.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)prol.84 : So he enioyeth in vertuous besynesse.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)4.749 : She enioieth to ȝeue hym audience.
- (a1438) MKempe A (Add 61823)25/14 : Thys creatur thankyd God gretly, enioyng þat sche had hir desyr.
- (a1438) MKempe A (Add 61823)52/5 : Alle myn holy seyntys xal enioyen of þi comyng hom.
- (a1438) MKempe A (Add 61823)229/37 : Now may myn enmyis enyoyin, & I may sorwyn.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)140 : Enyoyen [vr. enioyn] or make ioy: Exulto, gaudeo.
- c1450 Jacob's W.(Sal 103)77/8 : Þou enioyest of þi wyckydnesse.
- (c1450) Let.Oxf.in OHS 35294 : Youre natures and benevolencz shuld enioy with ws of the furtheraunce of the said Universite.
- (c1450) Let.Oxf.in OHS 35303 : We..inioyng gretly..of youre commyng home.
- ?a1475 Ludus C.(Vsp D.8)373/1 : Hefne and erthe, now injoye may ye.
- ?a1475 Ludus C.(Vsp D.8)117/54 : Þe childe in my body enjoyd gretly.
- a1500(?a1425) Lambeth SSecr.(Lamb 501)70/5 : Þe herte enioyes, and þe blood for gladnesse rynnys yn þe veynys.
- a1500(?a1450) GRom.(Hrl 7333)122 : The Emperour..enioyed and was glad in al his herte.
- ?a1500 Job (Hnt HM 140)13 : To in-yoye in other and with theire sustryn all, In augmentacion of perfite loue naturall.
b
- (1462) Paston (Gairdner)4.49 : Iche off us all schuld inyoy the wylleffar off odyr.
- ?a1475 Ludus C.(Vsp D.8)118/83 : Þat þi spyryte so injouyid þe helth of þi god so.
c
- c1450 Palladius (BodAdd A.369)4.458 : Delvynge ofte enyoieth [L gaudent assidua fossione] hem to growe.
- ?a1475 Ludus C.(Vsp D.8)358/90 : For qwyche message injoyeth the hefnely consorcyte.
2.
To have the use of (property), to have the benefit of (a right, a privilege), to use or have the right to bear (a coat-of-arms); enjoien to..use.
Associated quotations
- (1430) Indent.Colchester in RC 131410 : The seide abbot shall haue and enioye the seide londes.
- (1442) RParl.5.42b : To have, enjoye, and enherite, accordyng to his title.
- (c1458) Let.Oxf.in OHS 36344 : Þese, and no noþer, enjouye þe privyleges of þe Universyte.
- (1459) Doc.Oxf.in OHS 70245 : He ought to enioye the privilege of the Universite.
- (1461) Grant Arms in Hrl.Soc.77 (Add 14295)193 : The whiche signe and armes..to beare and enjoye without clayme or empechement.
- (1463) Doc.in Collect.Topogr.3269 : To perceyve, have, and enjoy to hir propre use þe ouerpluis of þe revenuz.
- (1465) GRed Bk.Bristolpt.2 p.117 : Ye suffre hym peaxibly to execute and enioye this oure saide graunt.
- (1472) Grant Arms in Antiq.49289 : I the saide Kyng of Armes..have devysed for them..thise Armes..To have, chalenge, occupie, and enjoie withoute eny preiudice or empechement for euermore.
- (1473) Stonor1.131 : So to be recorded and you to yn-joyye.
- a1500(a1470) Let.Marg.Anjou in Camd.86 (Add 46846)108 : That he may be suffred t'enioie and possede his said right.