Common Elizabethan Words

These are words that are commonly used in Shakespeare's Romeo & Juliet.

1. ADIEU~ farewell
2. AN, AND~ if
3. ANON~ soon
4.ATTEND~ listen to
5.AYE~yes
6.BUT SOFT~ wait a minute, hold on
7.BUT~only, except for
8.COUNSEL~advice
9.DECREE~order
10. DISCOURSES~ speaks
11.DISPATCH~kill
12.DOTH~does
13.E’EN~ even
14.E’ER~ever
15.FOE~enemy
16.HAPLY~ perhaps
17.HAPPY~fortunate
18.HEAVY~sad, depressed
19.HENCE~away from here
20.HIE, GO~ hurry
21.HITHER~here
22.MARK~ pay attention
23.MARRY~indeed
24.METHINKS~I think

25.NAY~no
26.NOUGHT~nothing
27.PLAGUE~curse
28.PRAY~beg
29.PRIVY~allowed to know a secret
30.RESOLVE~plan
31.SIRRAH~used to address a person of an inferior rank like a boy
32.THEE, THOUGH~ you
33.THITHER~there
34.THOU ART~ you are
35.THY~ your
36.TIDINGS~ news
37.WHENCE~ where
38.WHEREFORE~ why
39.WILL~ desire
40.WILT~ will, will you
41.WITHAL~ in addition
42.WOE~ misery
43.WOO~ chase, as in a boy or girl chase
44.WOULD~wish