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| - Elizabethan online dictionary containing words beginning with the Letter V
- Interesting facts, information and meanings of Old English words beginning with the Letter V
- The old English Letter V
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Picture of the Letter V | Letter V |
The Letter V
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 V 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 V
Elizabethan Words beginning with the Letter V
The following dictionary contains old Elizabethan words and their meanings beginning with Letter V. 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 V | | | VADE
to fade
VAIL
to lower
VAILING
lowering
VAINNESS
vanity
VALANCED
adorned with a valence or fringe often applied to the beard | | VALIDITY
value
VANTAGE
advantage
VANTBRACE
armour for the front of the arm
VARLET
a servant, valet
VAST
A gulf VASTIDITY
immensity | | VASTLY
like a waste
VASTY
vast, waste
VAUNT
precedes
VAUNT-COURIERS
forerunners
VAWARD
the van, vanguard, advanced guard of an army, the first of anything |
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Elizabethan Words beginning with the Letter V |
VEGETIVES
herbs
VELURE
velvet
VELVET-GUARDS
literally velvet trimmings applied metaphorically to the citizens who wore them
VENEW
a bout in fencing, metaphorically applied to repartee and sallies of wit
VENEY
a bout at fencing
VENGE
to avenge | | VENTAGES
holes in a flute or flageolet
VERBAL
wordy
VERY
true, real
VIA
off with you.
VICE
to screw, the buffoon in old morality plays
VIE
to challenge, a term at cards, to play as for a wager
VIEWLESS
invisible |
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Elizabethan Words beginning with the Letter V |
VILLAIN
a lowborn man
VINEWED
mouldy
VIOL-DE-GAMBOYS
a bass viol
VIRGINALLING
playing as on the virginals, a kind of a spinet | | VIRTUE
the essential excellence valour
VIRTUOUS
excellent, endowed with virtues
VIZAMENT
advisement
VOLUBLE
fickle | | VOLUNTARY
volunteer
VOTARIST
votary, one who has taken a vow
VULGAR
the common people
VULGARLY
publicly |
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Interesting examples of Elizabethan Words beginning with the Letter V
The above examples of old Elizabethan words beginning with Letter V are fascinating. The language and vocabulary had not been formalised in the Elizabethan era. New words, some beginning with the Letter V 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 V . 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 V 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 V - Elizabethan online dictionary containing words beginning with the Letter V
- Interesting facts, information and meanings of Old English words beginning with the Letter V
- The old English Letter V
- Elizabethan online dictionary containing words beginning with the Letter V
- The old English Letter V
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