William Shakespeare Dictionary
| JACK
a mean fellow
JACK-A-LENT
a puppet thrown at in Lent
JACK GUARDANT
a jack in office
JADE
to whip, to treat with contempt
JAR
the ticking of a clock
JAUNCE
to prance
JESS
a strap of leather attached to the talons of a hawk, by which it is held on the
fist
JEST
to tilt in a tournament | JET
to strut
JOURNAL
daily
JOVIAL
merrily, appertaining to Jove
JUDICIOUS
critical
JUMP
to agree to hazard
JUSTICER
a judge, magistrate
JUT
to encroach
JUTTY
a projection, to jut out beyond
JUVENAL
youth, young man |
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 '. Learning the alphabet used during the Elizabethan era 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' ?Shakespeare translations and understanding the real meanings behind some of the Shakespeare language in the great plays and sonnets can be difficult. And this is hardly surprising when the expressions and their meanings have been obsolete since the Elizabethan era! | |
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