Letter H The Letter H
The Elizabethan alphabet contained just 24 old English letters as opposed to the 26 letters used in the modern English alphabet. The following picture of the Letter H of the modern English alphabet is depicted in an ornate style typical of those used with old English letters. 
An old style Letter H
Elizabethan Words beginning with the Letter H
The following dictionary contains old Elizabethan words and their meanings beginning with Letter H. If you find some words amusing click the following link to have FUN with some insults from the Elizabethan Era! Shakespearean Insults Generator
| Elizabethan Words beginning with the Letter H | Elizabethan Words beginning with the Letter H | HACK
to become common
HAGGARD
a wild or unreclaimed hawk
HAG-SEED
seed or offspring of a hag
HAIR
course, order, grain
HALIDOM
holiness, sanctification, Christian fellowship
HALL
an open space to dance in
HALLOWMAS
All Hallows' Day
HAP
chance, fortune
HAPPILY
accidentally
HARDIMENT
defiance, brave deeds
HARLOCK
charlock, wild mustard
HARRY
to annoy, harass
HAUNT
company
HAVING
property, fortune
HAVIOUR
behavior
HAY
a term in fencing
HEADY
violent, headlong
HEBENON
henbane
HEFT
furnished with a handle: hence, metaphorically, finished off
HELM
to steer, manage
HENCE
henceforward
HENCHMAN
a page or attendant
HENT
to seize, take
HERMIT
a beadsman, one bound to pray for another
HEST
command
HIGHT
called | HILD
held
HILDING
a paltry fellow
HINT
suggestion
HIREN
a prostitute
HIT
to agree
HOISE
to hoist, heave up on high
HOLP
to help
HOME
to the utmost
HONEST
chaste
HONESTY
chastity
HONEY-STALKS
the red clover
HOODMAN-BLIND
the game now called blindman's-buff
HORN-MAD
brain-mad
HOROLOGE
a clock
HOT-HOUSE
a brothel
HOX
to hamstring
HUGGER-MUGGER
secrecy
HULL
to drift on the sea like a wrecked ship
HUMOROUS
fitful, or, perhaps, hurried
HUNT-COUNTER
to follow the scent the wrong way
HUNTS-UP
a holla used in hunting when the game was on foot
HURLY
noise, confusion
HURTLE
to clash
HURTLING
noise, confusion
HUSBANDRY
frugality Management
HUSWIFE
a jilt | | | | Elizabethan Words beginning with the Letter H | Elizabethan Words beginning with the Letter H |
Interesting examples of Elizabethan Words beginning with the Letter H
The above examples of old Elizabethan words beginning with Letter H are fascinating. The language and vocabulary had not been formalised in the Elizabethan era. New words, some beginning with the Letter H were still being invented! Elizabethan dictionaries were not available - it was not possible to look up the spellings or meanings of Elizabethan words beginning with the Letter H . Old Elizabethan words were therefore spelt and written in a variety of different formats. The above online dictionary containing old Elizabethan words beginning with the Letter H provide a valuable reference source when studying the literary works and plays of famous Elizabethan authors such as William Shakespeare and Christopher Marlowe. Elizabethan Language Guide - An Elizabethan Online Dictionary
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