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- Interesting facts, information and meanings of Old English words beginning with the Letter T
- The old English Letter T
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Letter T The Letter T
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 T 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 T
Elizabethan Words beginning with the Letter T
The following dictionary contains old Elizabethan words and their meanings beginning with Letter T. 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 T | | | TABLE
a tablet, note-book
TABLE-BOOK
note-book
TABLES
the game of backgammon, a note-book
TABOUR
a small side-drum
TABOURER
a player on the tabour
TABOURINE
tambourine, drum | | TAG
the rabble
TAINT
tainted
TAINTURE
defilement
TAKE
to infect, blast, bewitch
TAKE IN
to conquer
TAKE OUT
to copy | | TAKE UP
to borrow money, or buy on credit, to make up a quarrel
TAKING
infection, malignant influence
TAKING UP
buying on credit
TALE
counting, reckoning
TALL
strong, valiant
TALLOW-CATCH
a lump of tallow |
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Elizabethan Words beginning with the Letter T |
TANG
twang, sound
TANG
to sound
TANLING
anything tanned by the sun
TARRE
to excite, urge on
TARRIANCE
delay
TASK
to tax, challenge
TASKING
challenging | | TASTE
to try
TAWDRY-LACE
a rustic necklace
TAXATION
satire, sarcasm
TAXING
satire
TEEN
grief
TELL
to count
TEMPER
to mix |
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TEMPERANCE
temperature
TEMPERED
mixed
TEND
to attend to
TENDER
to hold, to esteem, to have consideration for
TENT
a probe for searching a wound
TERCEL
the male of the goshawk
TERMAGANT
a ranting character in old plays
TESTED
pure, assayed
TESTERN
to reward with a tester, or six-pence
THARBOROUGH
a constable
THEORICK
theory
THEWES
sinews, muscles
THICK
rapidly | | THICK-PLEACHED
thickly intertwined
THIRD-BOROUGH
a constable
THOUGHT
anxiety, grief
THRASONICAL
boastful
THREE-MAN BEETLE
a wooden mallet worked by three men
THREE-MAN-SONG-MEN
singers of glees in three parts
THREE-PILE
three-piled velvet
THRENE
lament
THRID
thread, fibre
THROE
to put in agonies
THRUM
the tufted end of a thread in weaving
THRUMMED
made od coarse ends or tufts
TICKLE
ticklish | | TIGHT
nimble, active
TIGHTLY
briskly, promptly
TIKE
a cur
TILLY-VALLY
an exclamation of contempt
TILTH
tillage
TIMELESS
untimely
TINCT
stain, dye
TIRE
attire, head-dress
TANG
twang, sound
TOD
to yield a tod of wool
TOKENED
marked with plague spots
TOKENS
plague spots
TOLL
to exact toll, to pay toll |
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TOO TOO
excessively
TOPLESS
supreme, without superior
TOUCH
touchstone for testing gold
TOUCHED
pricked
TOUSE
to pull, drag
TOWARD
nearly ready
TOYS
trifles, foolish tricks | | TRADE
beaten path
TRANECT
a ferry
TRANSLATED
transformed
TRASH
to cheque, as a huntsman his hounds
TRAVAIL
labour, toil
TRAY-TRIP
an old game played with dice
TREACHERS
traitors |
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Elizabethan Words beginning with the Letter T |
TREATIES
entreaties
TRENCHED
carved
TRICK
technically, a copy of a coat of arms
TRICKED
blazoned
TRICKING
ornament
TRICKSY
elegantly quaint
TRIPLE
third | | TROJAN
a thief
TROL-MY-DAMES
the name of a game also called pigeon-holes
TROTH-PLIGHT
betrothed
TROW
to trust, think
TRUE
honest
TRUNDLE-TAIL
a long-tailed dog
TUCKET-SONANCE
a flourish on the trumpet
TUNDISH
a funnel | | TURLYGOOD
a name adopted by bedlam-beggars
TURN
to modulate
TWANGLING
twanging
TWIGGEN
made of twigs, wicker
TWILLED
Retained by woven branches
TWINK
a twinkling
TWIRE
to peep, twinkle |
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Interesting examples of Elizabethan Words beginning with the Letter T The above examples of old Elizabethan words beginning with Letter T are fascinating. The language and vocabulary had not been formalised in the Elizabethan era. New words, some beginning with the Letter T 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 T . 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 T 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 T - Elizabethan online dictionary containing words beginning with the Letter T
- Interesting facts, information and meanings of Old English words beginning with the Letter T
- The old English Letter T
- Elizabethan online dictionary containing words beginning with the Letter T
- The old English Letter T
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