William Shakespeare Dictionary
| KAM
crooked
KECKSY
hemlock
KEECH
a lump of tallow
KEEL
to skin
KEEP
to restrain
KEISAR
Caesar, Emperor
KERN
the foot soldiers of the Irish
KIBE
a chilblain
KICKSHAW
a made dish
KICKSY WICKSY
a wife, used in disdain | KILN-HOLE
the ash-hole under a kiln
KINDLE
to bring forth young - used only of beasts
KINDLESS
unnatural
KINDLY
natural
KIRTLE
a gown
KNAP
to snap, crack
KNAVE
a boy, a serving-man
KNOT
a figure in garden beds
KNOW
to acknowledge |
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 |
