Elizabethan Language Terms

Vocabulary practice flashcards translating common Elizabethan terms found in Shakespearean texts into contemporary English.

Adieu

Farewell

An

If

Anon

Soon

Aroint

Away

Aye

Yes

Come hither

Come here

Counsel

Advice

Decree

Order

Discourses

Speaks

Dispatch

Kill

Doth

Does

E’en

Even; evening

Fare thee well

Goodbye

Foe

Enemy

God save thee

Goodbye

Good day; Good morrow

Hello

Grammercy

Thank you

Hark; Hark now

Listen

Heavy

Sad; Depressed

Hie

Go

Hither

Here

I shall see thee anon

Goodbye

Mark

Pay attention to

Marry

By the Virgin Mary (a mild expletive meaning "indeed")

Methinks

I think

-morrow (to the morrow)

Days

Nay

No

Ne'r

Never

Nought

Nothing

Oft

Often

Perchance

Maybe

Plague

Curse

Pray

Beg

Privy

Informed

Resolve

Plan

Shun that

Ignore that

Sirrah

Boy (used to address a male of inferior rank)

Soft

Wait a minute

Thee; Thou

You

Thither

There

Thou art

You are

Thou should'st

You should

Thou would'st

You would

Thy

Your

Tidings

News

Verily

Truly

Well met

Hello

Wherefore

Why

Whereto

To which

Will

Desire

Withal

With

Woe

Misery

Woo

Chase (romance, as in boy chases girl)

Would

Wish

Wrought

Provided