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- Interesting facts, information and meanings of Old English words beginning with the Letter B
- The old English Letter B
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The Letter B
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 B of the modern English alphabet is depicted in an ornate style typical of those used with old English letters. |
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An old style Letter B
Elizabethan Words beginning with the Letter B
The following dictionary contains old Elizabethan words and their meanings beginning with Letter B. If you find some words amusing click the following link to have FUN with some insults from the Elizabethan Era. Shakespearean Insults Generator |
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Letter B | | | BACCARE
keep back
BACKWARD
the hinder part; hence, when applied to time, the past
BAFFLE
embarrass
BALKED
heaped, as on a ridge
BALLOW
a cudgel
BALM
the oil of consecration | | BAN
to curse
BANK
to sail by the banks
BARM
yeast
BARN
a child
BARNACLE
a shellfish, supposed to produce the sea-bird of the same name
BASE
a game, sometimes called Prisoners' base | | BASES
an embroidered mantle worn by knights on horseback, and reaching from the middle to
below the knees
BASILISK
a kind of ordnance
BASTA
enough
BATE
to flutteras a hawk,abate
BAT-FOWLING
catching birds with a clap-net by night |
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Elizabethan Words beginning with the Letter B |
BATLET
a small bat, used for beating clothes
BATTLE
army
BAVIN
used as an a piece of waste wood, applied contemptuously to anything worthless
BAWCOCK
a fine fellow
BAWD
procurer
BAY
the space between the main timbers of the roof | | BEADSMAN
one who bids bedes, that is, prays prayers for another
BEARING-CLOTH
a rich cloth in which children were wrapt at their christening
BEAT
to flutter as a falcon, to meditate, consider earnestly
BEAVER
the lower part of a helmet
BEETLE
a mallet |
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Elizabethan Words beginning with the Letter B |
BEING
dwelling, inasmuch as
BE-METE
to measure
BE-MOILED
daubed with dirt
BENDING
stooping under a weight
BENVENUTO
welcome (Italian)
BERGOMASK
a rustic dance
BESHREW
evil befal
BESTRAUGHT
distraught, distracted
BETEEM
to pour out
BETID
happened
BEZONIAN
a beggarly fellow
BIDING
abiding-place
BIGGEN
a night-cap
BILBERRY
the whortleberry
BILBO
a sword, from Bilboa, a town in Spain where they were made
BILBOES
fetters or stocks
BILL
a bill-hook, a weapon
BIN
been, are
BROCK
a badger, a term of contempt
BROKE
to act as a procurer
BROKEN
having lost some teeth by age | | BROKEN MUSIC
the music of stringed instruments
BROKER
an agent
BIRD-BOLT
a bolt to be shot from a crossbow at birds
BISSON
blind
BLANK
the white mark in the middle of a target; hence, metaphorically, that which is
aimed at
BLENCH
to start aside, flinch
BLENT
blended
BLOOD-BOLTERED
smeared with blood
BLOW
to inflate
BOARD
to make advances to; accost
BOB
a blow, sarcasm
BODGE
to botch, bungle
BODIKIN
a corrupt word used as an oath. 'Od's Bodikin,' God's little Body
BOITIER VERT
green box
BOLD
to embolden
BOLLEN
swollen
BOLTED
sifted, refined
BOLTER
a sieve
BOLTING-HUTCH
a hutch in which meal was sifted
BOMBARD
a barrel, a drunkard
BOMBAST
padding
BONA-ROBA
a harlot | | BOOK
a paper of conditions
BOOT
to help, to avail
BOOTLESS
without boot or advantage, useless
BORE
calibre of a gun; hence, metaph. size, weight, importance
BOSKY
covered with underwood
BOSOM
wish, heart's desire
BOTS
worms which infest horses
BOURN
a boundary A brook
BRACE
armour for the arm, state of defence
BRACH
a hound bitch
BRAID
deceitful
BRAVE
handsome, well-dressed
BRAVERY
finery Boastfulness
BRAWL
a kind of dance
BREAST
voice
BREATHING
exercising
BREECHING
liable to be whipt
BREED-BATE
a breeder of quarrels
BREESE
the gadfly
BRIBE-BUCK
a buck given away in presents
BRING
to attend one on a journey |
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BROTHERHOOD
trading company
BRUIT
noise, report, rumour
BRUSH
rude assault
BUCK
suds or lye for washing clothes in
BUCK-BASKET
the basket in which clothes are carried to the wash
BUCKING
washing
BUCK-WASHING
washing in lye | | BUG
a bugbear, a spectre
BULLY-ROOK
a bragging cheater
BURGONET
a kind of helmet
BURST
to break
BUSKY
bushy
BUTT-SHAFT
a light arrow for shooting at a target
BUXOM
obedient |
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Interesting examples of Elizabethan Words beginning with the Letter BThe above examples of old Elizabethan words beginning with Letter B are fascinating. The language and vocabulary had not been formalised in the Elizabethan era. New words, some beginning with the Letter B 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 B . 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 B 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 Click the following links to access more information about the old English Elizabethan Language and the Elizabethan Online Dictionary for an easy to follow Elizabethan language guide. Elizabethan Online Dictionary
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Letter B - Elizabethan online dictionary containing words beginning with the Letter B
- Interesting facts, information and meanings of Old English words beginning with the Letter B
- The old English Letter B
- Elizabethan online dictionary containing words beginning with the Letter B
- The old English Letter B
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