Abhor- hate
Absolution- forgiveness; pardon; release
abstain- stay away from (stop doing)
adversary- enemy
ariseth- arises (comes up)
art - are
austere- sever or strict in manner
bequeath - To give or leave by will; to hand down
beseech - request, ask
besought – asked, made request. (past tense of beseech)
betwixt – between
Bigot- narrow-minded, prejudiced person
Blasphemy- speech which offends religious sentiments
Blatant - obvious
Blunderbuss- 1. ancient weapon (type of gun); 2. a clumsy person
brabble- to quarrel noisily, brawl, squabble
Breeches - pants
Brouhaha - an uproar, riot
Canoodle - to hug and kiss
canst - can
Cantankerous - Testy, grumpy
Collywobbles - Butterflies in the stomach
cometh – comes, or coming
Covert hidden; undercover
Cower- recoil in fear or servility; shrink away from
curmudgeon- a bad tempered, surly person (grouch)
dearth - (durth) scarcity or scant supply of anything; want or lack
dost - do, does
durst – Dare; to have the necessary boldness or courage for something
fere - friend, companion
fullsome - rich, plentiful
Good morrow- Hello!
Hasten- hurry; accelerate; rush
hath - equivalent of modern has/have
Haughtiness arrogance; pride
Heed- listen to
henceforth - from now on
hither - here
"Huzzah!" - congratulations
midst – Middle, or among. e.g., "in the midst of the storm…
Namby-pamby - weak, with no backbone
nary - None; absolutely nothing; not even close to anything.
naught – Nothing
Nincompoop - a foolish person
Noxious- harmful; poisonous; lethal
Obliterate- destroy; demolish; eradicate
Obdurate- stubborn
oft- many times; frequently
onuppan - above
overmany - a lot
pece - silverware, fork
Pottage - stew
Pray pardon me- excuse me
prithee - contracted form of "I pray thee", i.e., I ask of you, I beseech thee, etc.
pudh - horrible
Reprehensible shameful; very bad
Reprobates- rascal
shall or shalt - will
seek - (O.E. secan, to seek) To go in search or quest of; to look or search for.
smite- strike or hit
syllan - sell
tallt - to stand above others in a snobby way.
tarry - to linger, deliberate, wait, stay, or pause.
thou - you
thee - you
thine - your
thither - there
thwart- to hinder or prevent
thy - your
trow – To think or suppose.e.g., "Wilt thou labor for naught? I trow not!"
Wanker- idiot
wax - to grow, to become
whence - From where- "Whence, comest thou?" or "Where do you come from?"
whither - where/wherever
wilt –will
wist - knew; He wist that his love was coming...
wit – To know, e.g., Canst thou wit what the day shall bring?
Woeful- sad
wrought - done, made, created; e.g. "...see what God hath wrought..."
ye - polite form of "thou"
yore - years ago