William Shakespeare Dictionary
  
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| XANTHIPPE
Socrate's scolding wife
YARE
ready, being understood
YARELY
readily
YAW
out of control
Y-CLAD
clad
Y-CLEPED
called, named | YEARN
to grieve, vex
YELLOWNESS
jealousy
YELLOWS
a disease of horses
YEOMAN
a sheriff's officer
YIELD
to reward To report
ZANY
a clown, gull |
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 |
