Middle English Dictionary Entry
rejoien v.
Entry Info
| Forms | rejoien v. Also rejoi(e, rejoen; sg.3 rejoieth, etc. & rejoþ; p. rejoied & rejoiet; ppl. rejoied, rejoid. |
| Etymology | OF resjöir; also cp. ME joien v. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
To rejoice, exult; take pleasure (in sth.), be pleased; be glad (to do sth., that sth. is the case), express pleasure; ~ to, give praise to (God).
Associated quotations
- c1350(a1333) Shoreham Poems (Add 17376)91/169 : For ȝyf þy wyl reioþ more In enyes kennes þynges..Bote god..Þou ne a-nourest god aryȝt.
- a1400 MPPsalter (Dub 69)48.19 : Reioie [L confitebitur tibi; Add: he shal reioys to þe whan þou hast wele don to hym.]
- c1450(1410) Walton Boeth.(Lin-C 103)p.93 : Darst þow reioyen [L gloriari] þat þey in the be As þing subiectid in þy propre kynde?
- c1450(1410) Walton Boeth.(Lin-C 103)p.108 : Ȝe deliten And so reioyen [vr. reyoisen; L Gaudetis] in youre fantasye Vntrewe names of þinges for to witen.
- c1450(1410) Walton Boeth.(Lin-C 103)p.135 : Thus euery thyng reioyeth..Theire olde recourse ayeinward for to brynge.
- ?1457 Hardyng Chron.A (Lnsd 204)p.753 : Myne herte reioyeth to comforte youre desyre.
- a1500 Mirror Salv.(Beeleigh)p.164 : Alle yt ware negh..hym..blissid, And hym seen with grete joye and jubilyng reioyid [L exsultabant].
2.
(a) To take pleasure in (sth.), enjoy; (b) to enjoy the possession of (property), have the benefit of (a safe-conduct).
Associated quotations
a
- (1424) Pat.R.Hen.VI31 : Non of the xxiiij aldermen..xal..wyl em harm..ne rejoye hyndryng, los ne desise fallyng to any of his felaws aldermen.
- c1450 Capgr.St.Kath.(Arun 396)2.1127 : Of thing þat ye reioe [vr. reioye] we shal haue langoure.
b
- (c1454) Paston2.100 : I may by your frendship the more peasably reioy my forsaid purchase.
- (1459) GRed Bk.Bristolpt.2.p.77 : But pesibely sofer them to rejoye the tenur and theffecte of their saufconduyt.
3.
(a) To give pleasure to (sb. or sth.), make (sb. or sth.) happy; (b) refl. to rejoice, feel delighted; ~ of, take pleasure in (sth.).
Associated quotations
a
- a1456(a1449) Lydg.Mum.Bishopswood (Ashm 59)13 : Þe bawmy lykour..reioyþe with þe fresshe moysture Man, beeste, and foole, and every creature.
- c1450(?a1400) Wars Alex.(Ashm 44)3407 : Syn..Þat me þis diademe..demid is..Ȝe sall be glad of my degre, & gretly reioyd [Dub: reiossed].
- c1450(?a1400) Wars Alex.(Ashm 44)3960 : Þire baratours, bawers ere bremly reioyed Of þe conquest.
- c1450(?a1400) Wars Alex.(Ashm 44)5227 : Þan was oure kyng of þat carpe kyndly reioyed, For him had list on hire to loke many lang wintir.
- a1500 Moste glorious lord (Voss Germ.Gall.Q.9)162 : [Z]akaryus and Elyzabeth that Reioyed was, And delyuerd from here barente.
b
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)6.208 : Riht as me thoghte that I syhe Of Paradis the moste joie: And so therwhile I me rejoie, Into myn herte a gret desir..renneth.
- a1425(c1385) Chaucer TC (Benson-Robinson)5.395 : Ris, lat us speke of lusty lif in Troie That we han led..And ek of tyme comyng us rejoie, That bryngen shal oure blisse now so blyve.
- a1456(a1449) Lydg.Mum.Bishopswood (Ashm 59)73 : Wherfore reioye yowe in hert, wille, and thought.
- a1500(1422) Yonge SSecr.(Rwl B.490)153/12 : Nero of the fayrnys of the fire-blaas stifly hym reioiet.