William Shakespeare Dictionary
| HACK
to become common
HAGGARD
a wild or unreclaimed hawk
HAG-SEED
seed or offspring of a hag
HAIR
course, order, grain
HALIDOM
holiness, sanctification, Christian fellowship
HALL
an open space to dance in
HALLOWMAS
All Hallows' Day
HAP
chance, fortune
HAPPILY
accidentally
HARDIMENT
defiance, brave deeds
HARLOCK
charlock, wild mustard
HARRY
to annoy, harass
HAUNT
company
HAVING
property, fortune
HAVIOUR
behavior
HAY
a term in fencing
HEADY
violent, headlong
HEBENON
henbane
HEFT
furnished with a handle: hence, metaphorically, finished off
HELM
to steer, manage
HENCE
henceforward
HENCHMAN
a page or attendant
HENT
to seize, take
HERMIT
a beadsman, one bound to pray for another
HEST
command
HIGHT
called | HILD
held
HILDING
a paltry fellow
HINT
suggestion
HIREN
a prostitute
HIT
to agree
HOISE
to hoist, heave up on high
HOLP
to help
HOME
to the utmost
HONEST
chaste
HONESTY
chastity
HONEY-STALKS
the red clover
HOODMAN-BLIND
the game now called blindman's-buff
HORN-MAD
brain-mad
HOROLOGE
a clock
HOT-HOUSE
a brothel
HOX
to hamstring
HUGGER-MUGGER
secrecy
HULL
to drift on the sea like a wrecked ship
HUMOROUS
fitful, or, perhaps, hurried
HUNT-COUNTER
to follow the scent the wrong way
HUNTS-UP
a holla used in hunting when the game was on foot
HURLY
noise, confusion
HURTLE
to clash
HURTLING
noise, confusion
HUSBANDRY
frugality Management
HUSWIFE
a jilt |
Interpreting Elizabethan / Shakespearean Manuscripts and Original Documents
Vital, but little known, information about the Elizabethan alphabet is essential when looking at copies of original manuscripts of the period - examples of which can be found in Shakespeare's ' First Folio '. An understanding of the Tudor / Elizabethan alphabet will no doubt clarify many questions that the differences of the Tudor / Elizabethan alphabet have raised such as "Couldn't Elizabethans spell properly?" and "Why is there so much confusion with the letters 'u' and 'v' and 'i' and 'j' ?" Comprehensive information regarding the Elizabethan alphabet can be accessed via the following link and will prove a useful addition to the details provided in the Shakespearean Dictionary. William Shakespeare Education - the Elizabethan Alphabet - Differences only 24 letters - Deciphering manuscripts of the era William Shakespeare - Language, Vocabulary and Dictionary |
