Shakespeare vocab.
Terms
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- alarum
- a trumpet “call to armsâ€
- anon
- immediately, soon, right away
- avaunt
- Be gone!
- betimes
- early, soon
- e’en
- even
- ere
- before
- fain
- glad, ready, eager; eagerly
- hence
- depart, go away; away, from this place, as in “Get thee hence.â€
- hie
- hurry
- hither
- here; to or toward this place
- Marry
- an interjection meaning “right†or “to be sureâ€; an exclamation of surprise or anger; an intensifier
- mettle
- spirit or ability
- o'er
- over
- sirrah
- term of address to a social inferior, often contemptuous, to a man. Kind of an ironic “sir.â€
- Thane
- Scottish title
- thou
- you (subject)
- thy
- your
- thence
- there, from that place.
- thine
- yours
- thither
- there; to or toward that place, as in “I will thither.â€
- whence
- where; from what place, as in “Whence comes thou?â€
- wherefore
- why, for what reason or purpose
- whither
- where; to what place, as in “Wither goest thou?â€
- withal
- in addition, as well, at the same time, besides
- thee
- you (object)