YE OLDE DICTIONARY OF THE OLD ENGLISH LANGUAGE

art - are bequeath (one of my personal favorites) - To give or leave by will; to hand down. beseech - request, ask. besought asked, made request. (past tense of beseech) betwixt between. canst - can. cometh comes, or coming.

dearth - (durth) scarcity or scant supply of anything; want or lack. dost - do, does. draught or draft Can mean the act of pulling or drawing loads; a pull or haul; a team of animals for pulling a load; the drawing in of a fish net; the bunch of fish that were drawn in by the net; but your typical Rennie will prefer one of these usages: the act of inhaling; that which is inhaled; or, the number one definition for common folk everywhere: the drawing of a liquid from its receptacle, as of ale from a cask!!!! durst Dare; to have the necessary boldness or courage for something. fere - friend, companion. fullsome - rich, plentiful. hath - equivalent of modern has.

henceforth - from now on.

hither - here. huzzah - Huzza or huzzah is first recorded in 1573. According to a number of writers in the 17th and 18th centuries, it was originally a sailor's cheer or salute.(Old French, huzzer, to shout aloud; German, hussah!) mere - An expanse of water; lake; pool.

midst Middle, or among. e.g., "in the midst of the storm nary - None; absolutely nothing; not even close to anything.

The good Jester also included an example of the word's usage: "Thou dost hast nary an inkling on coveting thine lady."

And for the fullness of your understanding, this modern translation of the above phrase: "You wouldn't know how to please a babe if you spent 10 years on the set of Oprah!" naught Nothing. (Did you know our modern word not is actually an abbreviated form of this Olde-English word, which was itself a shortened form of no whit or not a whit?) onuppan - above.

overmany - a lot.

pece - silverware, fork.

prithee - contracted form of "I pray thee", i.e., I ask of you, I beseech thee, etc. proby - apprentice.

pudh - horrible. Rennies - Renaissance fanatics; also people who are addicted to Renaissance Faires, costume, and anything else reminiscent of that era.Alright, this isnt really an O.E. word at all its a catchy name, though! shall or shalt - will seek - (O.E. secan, to seek) To go in search or quest of; to look or search for. 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. thy - your trow To think or suppose.e.g., "Wilt thou labor for naught? I trow not!" whence - From where, e.g., "Whence, comest thou?" would translate to the modern "Where do you come from?" wax - to grow, to become. whither - To where, e.g., "Whither thou goest, I shall go." translates in modern English as "Where you go, I will go."

wilt This one is tricky. It can mean very simply, will; but then it could also mean what a flower does without water, or what I do when asked to cook - it all depends on the context wist - knew; past tense of wit, e.g. He wist that his love was coming... wit To know, e.g., Canst thou wit what the day shall bring? wrought - done, made, created; e.g. "...see what God hath wrought..."

ye - polite form of thou.

yore - years ago.