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| - Elizabethan online dictionary containing words beginning with the Letter E
- Interesting facts, information and meanings of Old English words beginning with the Letter E
- The old English Letter E
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The Letter E
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 E 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 E Elizabethan Words beginning with the Letter E
The following dictionary contains old Elizabethan words and their meanings beginning with Letter E. 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 E | | | EAGER
sour, harsh
EANLING
a yeanling, a lamb
EAR
to plough
ECHE
to eke out
EFT
ready, convenient
EISEL
vinegar | | ELD
old age
EMBOSSED
swollen into protuberances
EMBOWELLED
disembowelled, emptied
EMBRASURE
embrace
EMINENCE
exalted station
EMPERY
empire | | EMULATION
jealousy, mutiny
EMULOUS
jealous
ENCAVE
to place oneself in a cave
END
'Still an end,' continually for ever
ENFEOFF
to place in possession
ENGINE
a machine of war |
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Elizabethan Words beginning with the Letter E |
ENGLUT
to swallow speedily
ENGROSS
to make gross or fat
ENGROSSMENT
immoderate acquisition
ENKINDLE
to make keen
ENMEW
to shut up, as a hawk is shut up in a mew
ENSCONCE
to cover as with a fort
ENSEAMED
fat, rank | | ENSHIELD
hidden
ENTREATMENTS
interviews, pleas
EQUIPAGE
attendance
EREWHILE
a short time since
ESCOT
to pay a man's reckoning, to maintain
ESPERANCE
hope, used as a war-cry
ESPIAL
a scout or spy |
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Elizabethan Words beginning with the Letter E |
ESTIMATION
conjecture
ETERNE
eternal
EVEN
to equal
EXAMINE
to question
EXECUTOR
an executioner
EXEMPT
excluded
EXERCISE
a religious service
EXHALE
to hale or draw out to draw the sword
EXHIBITION
allowance, pension
EXIGENT
death, ending
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ridiculously used for 'action.'
EXPECT
expectation
EXPEDIENCE
expedition, undertaking haste
EXPEDIENT
expeditious, swift
EXPIATE
completed
EXPOSTULATE
to expound, discuss
EXPOSTURE
exposure
EXPULSE
to expel
EXSUFFICATE
contemptible
EXTEND
to seize
EXTENT
a seizure
EXTERN
outward | | EXTIRP
to extirpate
EXTRACTING
distracting
EXTRAUGHT
extracted, descended
EXTRAVAGANT
foreign, wandering
EYAS
a nestling hawk
EYAS-MUSKET
a nestling of the musket or merlin, the smallest species of British hawk
EYE
a glance
EYE
a shade of colour, as in shot silk
EYNE
eyes |
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Interesting examples of Elizabethan Words beginning with the Letter E The above examples of old Elizabethan words beginning with Letter E are fascinating. The language and vocabulary had not been formalised in the Elizabethan era. New words, some beginning with the Letter E 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 E . 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 E 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 E - Elizabethan online dictionary containing words beginning with the Letter E
- Interesting facts, information and meanings of Old English words beginning with the Letter E
- The old English Letter E
- Elizabethan online dictionary containing words beginning with the Letter E
- The old English Letter E
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