Picture of the Letter K
 

Letter K

  • Elizabethan online dictionary containing words beginning with the Letter K
  • Interesting facts, information and meanings of Old English words beginning with the Letter K
  • The old English Letter K

Picture of the Letter K

Letter K

The Letter K
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 K of the modern English alphabet is depicted in an ornate style typical of those used with old English letters.

 
 
 

Picture of the Letter K
An old style Letter K

Elizabethan Words beginning with the Letter K
The following dictionary contains old Elizabethan words and their meanings beginning with Letter K. 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 K

  
KAM 
crooked 
KECKSY 
hemlock 
KEECH 
a lump of tallow 
KEEL 
to skin 
KEEP 
to restrain 
KEISAR 
Caesar, Emperor 		 KERN 
the foot soldiers of the Irish 
KIBE 
a chilblain 
KICKSHAW 
a made dish 
KICKSY WICKSY 
a wife, used in disdain
KILN-HOLE 
the ash-hole under a kiln
KINDLE 
to bring forth young - used only of beasts
KINDLESS 
unnatural 		 KINDLY 
natural 
KIRTLE 
a gown 
KNAP 
to snap, crack 
KNAVE 
a boy, a serving-man 
KNOT 
a figure in garden beds 
KNOW 
to acknowledge 
 

Interesting examples of Elizabethan Words beginning with the Letter K

The above examples of old Elizabethan words beginning with Letter K are fascinating. The language and vocabulary had not been formalised in the Elizabethan era. New words, some beginning with the Letter K 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 K . 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 K 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
Elizabethan Language
Elizabethan Insults
Elizabethan Education - Schools and Universities

 

Letter K

  • Elizabethan online dictionary containing words beginning with the Letter K
  • Interesting facts, information and meanings of Old English words beginning with the Letter K
  • The old English Letter K
  • Elizabethan online dictionary containing words beginning with the Letter K
  • The old English Letter K

 
 

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