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The Letter S
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 S 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 S
Elizabethan Words beginning with the Letter S
The following dictionary contains old Elizabethan words and their meanings beginning with Letter S. 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 S | | | SACRIFICIAL
reverent, as words used in religious worship
SACRING-BELL
the little bell rung at mass
SAD
serious
SADLY
seriously
SADNESS
seriousness
SAG
to hang down | | SALT
lascivious, taste
SANDED
marked with yellow spots
SANS
without
SAUCY
lascivious
SAW
a moral saying
SAY
silken | | SAY
assay, taste, relish
SCAFFOLDAGE
the gallery of a theatre
SCALD
scurvy, scabby
SCALE
to weigh in scales
SCALL
a scab, a word of reproach
SCAMBLE
to scramble |
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Elizabethan Words beginning with the Letter S |
SCAMEL
sea-mew
SCAN
to examine subtly
SCANT
to cut short, to spare
SCANT
scanty, short scarcely
SCANTLING
a small portion
SCAPE
to escape
SCATHE
to injure | | SCATHFUL
destructive
SCONCE
the head
SCOTCH
to bruise or cut slightly
SCRIMER
a fencer
SCROYLE
a scabby fellow
SCULL
a shoal of fish
SCURVY
scabby; metaph. mean |
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Elizabethan Words beginning with the Letter S |
SEAL
to set one's seal to a deed, to confirm
SEAM
fat
SEAMY
showing the seam or sewing
SEAR
scorched, withered
SEAR
to stigmatise
SEARCH
to probe, to apply a healing remedy
SEATED
fixed, confirmed
SECT
a slip or scion, a political party
SECURELY
inconsiderately
SEEL
to close
SEELING
closing, blinding
SEEMING
seemly, becomingly
SEEN
versed, instructed | | SELD
seldom
SELF-BOUNTY
native goodness
SEMBLABLY
alike
SENIORY
seniority
SENNET
a flourish of trumpets
SEPULCHRE
to bury
SEQUESTRATION
separation
SERE
dry
SERJEANT
a bailiff
SERPIGO
a cutaneous disease
SETEBOS
the name of a fiend
SETTER
one who watches travellers to give information to thieves
SEVERAL
land which is not common but appropriated | | SHARDS
shreds, broken fragments of pottery
SHARKED
snatched up, as a shark does his prey
SHEEN
brilliancy
SHEER
pure Unmixed
SHENT
rebuked, blamed, hurt
SHERIFF'S-POST
a post at the door of a sheriff, to which royal proclamations were fixed
SHIVE
slice
SHOT
the reckoning at an ale-house
SHOUGHS
shaggy dogs
SHOULDERED
plunged
SHOVEL-BOARD
game played by sliding metal pieces along a
board at a mark
SHREWD
mischievous |
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SHRIFT
confession, absolution
SHRIVE
to confess
SHRIVING-TIME
time for confession
SHROUD
to enshroud oneself, cover oneself up
SIDE-SLEEVES
loose hanging sleeves
SIGHT
an aperture in a helmet
SIGHTLESS
invisible, unsightly | | SIGN
to give an omen
SILLY
simple, rustic
SIMULAR
counterfeit, feigned
SINGLE
feeble
SIR
a title applied to a bachelor of arts at the Universities
SITH
since
SITHENCE
since |
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Elizabethan Words beginning with the Letter S |
SIZES
allowances
SKAINS-MATES
scapegraces
SKILL
to be of importance
SKILLESS
ignorant
SKIMBLE-SKAMBLE
rambling, disjointed
SKINKER
a drawer of liquor
SKIRR
to scour
SLEAVE
floss-silk
SLEDDED
sledged
SLEIDED
untwisted, raw, applied to silk
SLEIGHTS
artifices
SLIPS
a noose, or area of tournamont
SLIVER
to slice | | SLOPS
loose breeches
SLUBBER
to slur over
SMIRCHED
smeared, soiled
SMOOTH
to flatter
SNEAP
taunt, sarcasm
SNEAPED
pinched
SNECK-UP
go hang
SNUFF
anger, 'To take in snuff' is to take offence
SOFTLY
gently
SOIL
spot, taint
SOLICIT
solicitation
SOLIDARE
a small coin
SOLVE
solution | | SOMETIMES
formerly
SOOTH
truth, conciliation
SOOTH
true
SOREL
a buck of the third year
SORRIEST
most sorrowful
SORRY
sorrowful, dismal
SORT
a company Rank
SORT
to choose, to suit, to consort
SOT
fool
SOUL-FEARING
soul-terrifying
SOWL
to lug, drag
SOWTER
name of a dog
SPECIALLY
a special contract |
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SPED
settled, done for
SPEED
fortune
SPERR
to bolt, fasten
SPIAL
spy
SPILL
to destroy
SPILTH
spilling
SPLEEN
violent haste Used of the lightning flash | | SPRAG
quick
SPRING
shoot
SPRINGHALT
a disease of horses
SPRITED
haunted
SQUARE
to quarrel, the front part of a woman's dress, stomacher
SQUARE
equitable
SQUARER
quarreller |
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SQUASH
an unripe peascod
SQUIER
a square or rule
SQUINY
to squint
STAGGERS
a disease in horses attended with giddiness
STAIN
to disfigure
STALE
a decoy, a gull, a prostitute
STALE
to make stale, deprive anything of its freshness
STAND UPON
to be incumbent on
STANIEL
an inferior kind of hawk
STARK
stiff
STARKLY
stiffly | | STATE
a canopied chair
STATION
attitude, act of standing
STATIST
a statesman
STATUA
a statue
STATUE
image, picture
STATUTE
security, obligation
STATUTE-CAPS
woollen caps worn by citizens
STAY
a cheque
STEAD
to profit
STEELED
set or fixed
STERNAGE
steerage, course | | STICKLER
an arbitrator in combats
STIGMATIC
a deformed person
STIGMATICAL
deformed
STILL
constant
STILLY
softly
STINT
to stop to stop
STITHY
a smith's forge
STITHY
to forge
STOCCADO
a stoccata, or thrust in fencing
STOCK
a stocking
STOMACH
courage, appetite, inclination |
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STONE-BOW
a cross-bow for throwing stones
STOUP
a cup
STOUT
strong, healthy
STOVER
fodder
STRAIGHT
immediately
STRAIN
lineage, disposition
STRAITED
straitened | | STRANGE
foreign
STRANGENESS
coyness, reserve
STRANGER
foreigner
STRAPPADO
a kind of punishment
STRICTURE
strictness
STROSSERS
trowsers
STUCK
a thrust of a sword |
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STUCK IN
corruption of stoccata
STUFF
baggage material, substance
STUFFED
filled, stored
STY
to lodge as in a sty
SUBSCRIBE
to yield, to succumb
SUCCESS
issue, consequence
SUCCESSIVE
succeeding
SUCCESSIVELY
in succession
SUDDEN
hasty, rash
SUDDENLY
hastily
SUFFERANCE
suffering | | SUR-REINED
over-worked
SUSPECT
suspicion
SUSPIRE
to breathe
SUGGEST
to tempt, entice
SUGGESTION
temptation, enticement
SUITED
dressed
SULLEN
doleful, melancholy
SUMPTER
a horse that carries provisions on a journey
SUPPOSE
a trick, imposition
SUPPOSED
counterfeit
SURCEASE
to cease
SURPRISE
to capture by surprise | | SWABBER
a sweeper of the deck of a ship
SWARTH
black, quantity of grass cut down by one sweep of the scythe
SWASHER
swaggerer
SWASHING
dashing, smashing
SWATHLING
swaddling
SWAY
to move on
SWEAR
to adjure
SWEAR OVER
to out-swear
SWIFT
ready, quick
SWINGE-BUCKLER
a bully |
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Interesting examples of Elizabethan Words beginning with the Letter S The above examples of old Elizabethan words beginning with Letter S are fascinating. The language and vocabulary had not been formalised in the Elizabethan era. New words, some beginning with the Letter S 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 S . 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 S 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 S - Elizabethan online dictionary containing words beginning with the Letter S
- Interesting facts, information and meanings of Old English words beginning with the Letter S
- The old English Letter S
- Elizabethan online dictionary containing words beginning with the Letter S
- The old English Letter S
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