Early Modern English Words

Art - Are

Ere - Before

Th’ - The

Ne’er - Never

E’en - Evening

Morrow - Morning

Nay - No

Ay - Yes

Thou - You

Foe - Enemy

Choler - Angry/Anger

Pernicious - Deadly, Harmful

Henceforth - From Now On

Wherefore - Why

Dost - Do

Doth - Does

Hath - had, have, has

Loathed - Hatred

Poor John - Small, Salted Fish

Fray - Fight

Canst- Can

Civil - Polite

Fortnight - 2 weeks

Jest - Joke

Ware’ - Aware

An - If

Prodigious - Extraordinary

Wooer - Trying to gain the love of someone