The Letter S The Elizabethan alphabet contained just 24 old English letters as opposed to the 26 letters used in the modern English alphabet. The following picture of the Letter S of the modern English alphabet is depicted in an ornate style typical of those used with old English letters.
An old style Letter S
Elizabethan Words beginning with the Letter S The following dictionary contains old Elizabethan words and their meanings beginning with Letter S. If you find some words amusing click the following link to have FUN with some insults from the Elizabethan Era!
SACRIFICIAL reverent, as words used in religious worship SACRING-BELL the little bell rung at mass SAD serious SADLY seriously SADNESS seriousness SAG to hang down SALT lascivious, taste SANDED marked with yellow spots SANS without SAUCY lascivious SAW a moral saying SAY silken SAY assay, taste, relish SCAFFOLDAGE the gallery of a theatre SCALD scurvy, scabby SCALE to weigh in scales SCALL a scab, a word of reproach SCAMBLE to scramble SCAMEL sea-mew SCAN to examine subtly SCANT to cut short, to spare SCANT scanty, short scarcely SCANTLING a small portion SCAPE to escape SCATHE to injure SCATHFUL destructive SCONCE the head SCOTCH to bruise or cut slightly SCRIMER a fencer SCROYLE a scabby fellow SCULL a shoal of fish SCURVY scabby; metaph. mean SEAL to set one's seal to a deed, to confirm SEAM fat SEAMY showing the seam or sewing SEAR scorched, withered SEAR to stigmatise SEARCH to probe, to apply a healing remedy SEATED fixed, confirmed SECT a slip or scion, a political party SECURELY inconsiderately SEEL to close SEELING closing, blinding SEEMING seemly, becomingly SEEN versed, instructed SELD seldom SELF-BOUNTY native goodness SEMBLABLY alike SENIORY seniority SENNET a flourish of trumpets SEPULCHRE to bury SEQUESTRATION separation SERE dry SERJEANT a bailiff SERPIGO a cutaneous disease SETEBOS the name of a fiend SETTER one who watches travellers to give information to thieves SEVERAL land which is not common but appropriated SHARDS shreds, broken fragments of pottery SHARKED snatched up, as a shark does his prey SHEEN brilliancy SHEER pure Unmixed SHENT rebuked, blamed, hurt SHERIFF'S-POST a post at the door of a sheriff, to which royal proclamations were fixed SHIVE slice SHOT the reckoning at an ale-house SHOUGHS shaggy dogs SHOULDERED plunged SHOVEL-BOARD game played by sliding metal pieces along a board at a mark SHREWD mischievous SHRIFT confession, absolution SHRIVE to confess SHRIVING-TIME time for confession SHROUD to enshroud oneself, cover oneself up SIDE-SLEEVES loose hanging sleeves SIGHT an aperture in a helmet SIGHTLESS invisible, unsightly SIGN to give an omen SILLY simple, rustic SIMULAR counterfeit, feigned SINGLE feeble SIR a title applied to a bachelor of arts at the Universities SITH since SITHENCE since SIZES allowances SKAINS-MATES scapegraces SKILL to be of importance SKILLESS ignorant SKIMBLE-SKAMBLE rambling, disjointed SKINKER a drawer of liquor SKIRR to scour SLEAVE floss-silk SLEDDED sledged SLEIDED untwisted, raw, applied to silk SLEIGHTS artifices SLIPS a noose, or area of tournamont SLIVER to slice SLOPS loose breeches SLUBBER to slur over SMIRCHED smeared, soiled SMOOTH to flatter SNEAP taunt, sarcasm SNEAPED pinched SNECK-UP go hang SNUFF anger, 'To take in snuff' is to take offence SOFTLY gently SOIL spot, taint SOLICIT solicitation
SOLIDARE a small coin SOLVE solution SOMETIMES formerly SOOTH truth, conciliation SOOTH true SOREL a buck of the third year SORRIEST most sorrowful SORRY sorrowful, dismal SORT a company Rank SORT to choose, to suit, to consort SOT fool SOUL-FEARING soul-terrifying SOWL to lug, drag SOWTER name of a dog SPECIALLY a special contract SPED settled, done for SPEED fortune SPERR to bolt, fasten SPIAL spy SPILL to destroy SPILTH spilling SPLEEN violent haste Used of the lightning flash SPRAG quick SPRING shoot SPRINGHALT a disease of horses SPRITED haunted SQUARE to quarrel, the front part of a woman's dress, stomacher SQUARE equitable SQUARER quarreller SQUASH an unripe peascod SQUIER a square or rule SQUINY to squint STAGGERS a disease in horses attended with giddiness STAIN to disfigure STALE a decoy, a gull, a prostitute STALE to make stale, deprive anything of its freshness STAND UPON to be incumbent on STANIEL an inferior kind of hawk STARK stiff STARKLY stiffly STATE a canopied chair STATION attitude, act of standing STATIST a statesman STATUA a statue STATUE image, picture STATUTE security, obligation STATUTE-CAPS woollen caps worn by citizens STAY a cheque STEAD to profit STEELED set or fixed STERNAGE steerage, course STICKLER an arbitrator in combats STIGMATIC a deformed person STIGMATICAL deformed STILL constant STILLY softly STINT to stop to stop STITHY a smith's forge STITHY to forge STOCCADO a stoccata, or thrust in fencing STOCK a stocking STOMACH courage, appetite, inclination STONE-BOW a cross-bow for throwing stones STOUP a cup STOUT strong, healthy STOVER fodder STRAIGHT immediately STRAIN lineage, disposition STRAITED straitened STRANGE foreign STRANGENESS coyness, reserve STRANGER foreigner STRAPPADO a kind of punishment STRICTURE strictness STROSSERS trowsers STUCK a thrust of a sword STUCK IN corruption of stoccata STUFF baggage material, substance STUFFED filled, stored STY to lodge as in a sty SUBSCRIBE to yield, to succumb SUCCESS issue, consequence SUCCESSIVE succeeding SUCCESSIVELY in succession SUDDEN hasty, rash SUDDENLY hastily SUFFERANCE suffering SUGGEST to tempt, entice SUGGESTION temptation, enticement SUITED dressed SULLEN doleful, melancholy SUMPTER a horse that carries provisions on a journey SUPPOSE a trick, imposition SUPPOSED counterfeit SURCEASE to cease SURPRISE to capture by surprise SUR-REINED over-worked SUSPECT suspicion SUSPIRE to breathe SWABBER a sweeper of the deck of a ship SWARTH black, quantity of grass cut down by one sweep of the scythe SWASHER swaggerer SWASHING dashing, smashing SWATHLING swaddling SWAY to move on SWEAR to adjure SWEAR OVER to out-swear SWIFT ready, quick SWINGE-BUCKLER a bully
Elizabethan Words beginning with the Letter S
Elizabethan Words beginning with the Letter S
Interesting examples of Elizabethan Words beginning with the Letter S The above examples of old Elizabethan words beginning with Letter S are fascinating. The language and vocabulary had not been formalised in the Elizabethan era. New words, some beginning with the Letter S were still being invented! Elizabethan dictionaries were not available - it was not possible to look up the spellings or meanings of Elizabethan words beginning with the Letter S . Old Elizabethan words were therefore spelt and written in a variety of different formats. The above online dictionary containing old Elizabethan words beginning with the Letter S provide a valuable reference source when studying the literary works and plays of famous Elizabethan authors such as William Shakespeare and Christopher Marlowe.
Elizabethan Language Guide - An Elizabethan Online Dictionary Click the following links to access more information about the old English Elizabethan Language and the Elizabethan Online Dictionary for an easy to follow Elizabethan language guide!
