joyed

A regular past form, made the ordinary way with -ed. It serves as the simple past and, after have, as the participle. Its living use is intransitive and means rejoiced: one joyed in a quiet life or at good news. Transitive uses belong to older English. To joy a thing, meaning to enjoy it, is archaic, and to joy someone, meaning to gladden or congratulate them, is obsolete. An object after joyed is a sign of period style.