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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