Archaic Dictionary · 9:58pm May 19th, 2020
Good morrow fellow scribes!
If you have read my story, The Magician's Gift, you will know that I have written it, to the best of my ability, in archaic English. If you are not familiar with archaic English (like me!), I have provided the definitions of the terms I used in the story. Get them below the fold.
- Adit - passage leading to a mine
- An - if
- Anhungry - hungry
- Anon - soon
- Antre - cave
- Betook - (past tense) to go
- Brigand - one who ambushes and robs
- Bussed - kissed
- Clomb - (past tense) climb
- Comestibles - food
- Copse - small group of trees
- Cozen - deceive
- Cutpurse - thief
- Day-dawn - dawn
- Descried - caught sight of
- Designed - (past tense) conceive, plan
- Din - loud noise
- Discover - divulge
- Ere - before
- Eventide - evening
- Fain - be pleased/gladly
- Fell - move downward
- Finis - end, conclusion
- Foemen - foe, enemy
- Forefend - avert, keep away
- Haply - by chance
- Hent - grasp/seize
- Hereat - as a result of
- Hied - (past tense) go quickly
- Ken - range of knowledge
- Lachrymose - tearful, weeping
- Longsome - tediously long
- Mayhap - perhaps
- Mint - vast sum
- Mite - a little
- Morrow - the following day
- Naught - nothing
- Pray - polite request
- Prithee - please
- Repaired - (past tense) to go to
- Science - knowledge
- Scrip - pouch
- Seldseen - seldom seen
- Sojourn - temporarily stay
- Somewhat - moderate amount
- Sooth - truth
- Tasse - cup
- Thereabouts - near
- Thereof - of that just mentioned
- Thereupon - immediately after
- Thither - to/toward
- Twain - two
- Victual - food/provisions
- Vouchsafe - to give
- Weened - thought
- Whatso - whatever
- Wight - unfortunate person
- Wont - custom
- Yon - yonder/that