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- Interesting facts, information and meanings of Old English words beginning with the Letter W
- The old English Letter W
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The Letter W
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 W 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 W
Elizabethan Words beginning with the Letter W
The following dictionary contains old Elizabethan words and their meanings beginning with Letter W. 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 W | | | WAFT
to wave, beckon To turn, float
WAFTAGE
passage
WAFTURE
waving, beckoning
WAGE
to reward as with wages
WAILFUL
lamentable
WAIST
the middle of a ship | | WANNION
'with a vengeance.'
WAPPENED
withered, overworn
WARD
Prison guard
WARDEN
a large pear used for baking
WARDER
truncheon
WARN
to summon | | WASSAIL
a drinking bout, Festivity
WAT
a familiar word for a hare
WATCH
a watch light
WATCH
to tame by keeping constantly awake
WATER-GALL
a secondary rainbow
WATER-RUG
a kind of dog |
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Elizabethan Words beginning with the Letter W |
WATER-WORK
painting in distemper
WAX
to grow
WAXEN
to hiccough
WEALTH
weal, advantage
WEAR
fashion
WEATHER-FEND
to defend from the weather
WEB AND PIN
the cataract in the eye | | WEE
small, tiny, to think
WEED
garment
WEET
to wit, know
WEIGH OUT
to outweigh
WELKIN
the sky
WELL-LIKING
in good condition
WEND
to go |
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Elizabethan Words beginning with the Letter W |
WESAND
the wind-pipe
WHELKED
marked with whelks or protuberances
WHEN
an exclamation of impatience
WHIFFLER
an officer who clears the way in processions
WHILE-ERE
a little while ago
WHILES
until
WHIP-STOCK
handle of a whip
WHIST
hushed, silent
WHITE
the centre of an archery butt
WHITELY
pale-faced
WHITING-TIME
bleaching time
WHITSTER
bleacher
WHITTLE
a clasp knife
WHOO-BUB
hubbub
WHOOP
to cry out with astonishment
WICKED
noisome, baneful
WIDOW
to give a jointure to
WIDOWHOOD
widow's jointure | | WIGHT
person
WILD
weald
WILDERNESS
wildness
WIMPLED
veiled, hooded
WINDOW-BARS
lattice-work across a woman's stomacher
WINDRING
winding
WINTER-GROUND
to protect (a plant) from frost
WISH
to commend
WISTLY
wistfully
WIT
knowledge, wisdom
WITHOUT
beyond
WITS
five, the five senses
WITTOL
a contented cuckold
WITTY
intelligent
WOMAN-TIRED
hen-pecked
WONDERED
marvellously gifted
WOOD
mad
WOODCOCK
a simpleton
WOODMAN
a forester, huntsman | | WOOLWARD
shirtless
WORLD
'To go to the world' is to get married So 'a woman of the world' is a married woman
WORM
a serpent
WORSER
worse
WORSHIP
to honour
WORTH
wealth, fortune
WORTS
cabbages
WOT
to know
WOUND
twisted about
WREAK
to avenge
WREAKFUL
revengeful, avenging
WREST
an instrument used for tuning a harp
WRIT
gospel, truth
WRITHLED
shrivelled
WROTH
calamity, misfortune
WRUNG
twisted, strained
WRY
to swerve |
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Interesting examples of Elizabethan Words beginning with the Letter W
The above examples of old Elizabethan words beginning with Letter W are fascinating. The language and vocabulary had not been formalised in the Elizabethan era. New words, some beginning with the Letter W 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 W . 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 W 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
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Letter W - Elizabethan online dictionary containing words beginning with the Letter W
- Interesting facts, information and meanings of Old English words beginning with the Letter W
- The old English Letter W
- Elizabethan online dictionary containing words beginning with the Letter W
- The old English Letter W
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