William Shakespeare Dictionary
| ICE-BROOK
an icy-cold brook
I'FECKS
a euphemism in faith
IMAGE
representation
IMBARE
to bare, lay open
IMMEDIACY
close connexion
IMMOMENT
unimportant
IMP
to graft. to splice a falcon's broken feathers
IMP
a scion, a child
IMPAWN
to stake, compromise
IMPEACH
to bring into question
IMPERCEIVERANT
perception
IMPETICOS
to pocket
IMPORTANCE
importunity
IMPORTANT
importunate
IMPORTING
significant
IMPOSE
imposition, meaning command or task imposed upon any one
IMPOSITIONS
command
IMPRESE
a device with a motto
IMPRESS
to compel to serve
INCAPABLE
unconscious
INCARNARDINE
to dye red
INCENSED
incited, egged on
INCH-MEAL
by inch-meal, by portions of inches
INCLINING
compliant
INCLIP
to embrace
INCLUDE
conclude
INCONY
fine, delicate
INCORRECT
ill-regulated
INDENT
to compound or bargain | INDEX
a preface
INDIFFERENT
ordinary
INDIGEST
disordered
INDITE
to invite, to convict
INDUCTION
introduction, beginning
INDURANCE
delay
INGRAFT
to engraff, engrafted
INHERIT
to possess
INHOOPED
penned up in hoops
INKHORN-MATE
a contemptuous term for a man of learning
INKLE
narrow tape
INLAND
civilized, well-educated
INLY
inward
INLY
inwardly
INQUISITION
enquiry
INSCONCE
to arm, fortify
INSTANCE
example, information, reason, proof
INTENDING
regarding
INTENDMENT
intention
INTENTIVELY
attentively
INTERESSED
allied
INTERMISSION
pause, delay
INTRENCHMENT
not capable of being cut
INTRINSE
intricate
INTRINSICATE
intricate
INVENTION
imagination
INWARD
an intimate friend
INWARDNESS
intimacy
IRREGULOUS
lawless, licentious
ITERATION
reiteration |
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 |
