CONTEMPORARY ELIZABETHAN
Listed below are some common Elizabethan terms you will come across while reading Shakespeare. Use them to help you become familiar with the language, as a reference while reading, and as a resource for writing in your journal. Contemporary Advice Away Beg Boy (used to address a male of inferior rank) By the Virgin Mary (a mild expletive meaning indeed) Chase (romance, as in boy chases girl) Come here Curse Days Depressed Desire Does Enemy Even; evening Farewell Go Goodbye Hello Here I think If Ignore that Informed Kill Listen Maybe Counsel Aroint Pray Sirrah Marry Woo Come hither Plague -morrow (to the morrow) Heavy Will Doth Foe Een Adieu Hie Fare thee well; God save thee; I shall see thee anon Good day; Good morrow; Well met Hither Methinks An Shun that Privy Dispatch Hark; Hark now Perchance Elizabethan Contemporary Misery Never News No Nothing Often Order Pay attention to Plan Provided Sad Soon Speaks Thank you There To which Truly Wait a minute Why Wish With Yes You You are You should You would Your Elizabethan Woe Ne'r Tidings Nay Nought Oft Decree Mark Resolve Wrought Heavy Anon Discourses Grammercy Thither Whereto Verily Soft Wherefore Would Withal Aye Thee; Thou Thou art Thou should'st Thou would'st Thy
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To view more Elizabethan terms visit Haneys Pub: Elizabethan Language Lexicon (http://members.cox.net/hapnueby/lexicon.html).
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