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UMBERED 
stained, dark, as with umber 
UNANELED 
without extreme unction 
UNBARBED 
untrimmed 
UNBATED 
unblunted 
UNBOLT 
to disclose 
UNBOLTED 
unsifted, unrefined 
UNBREATHED 
unpractised 
UNCAPE 
to throw off the hounds 
UNCHARGED 
undefended, applied to the gates of a city 
UNCLEW 
to unravel, undo 
UNCOINED 
unalloyed, unfeigned 
UNDERGO 
to undertake 
UNDERTAKER 
one who takes up another's quarrel 
UNDER-WROUGHT 
undermined 
UNEATH 
hardly 
UNEXPRESSIVE 
inexpressible 
UNFAIR 
to deprive of beauty 
UNHAPPILY 
censoriously 
UNHAPPY 
mischievous 
UNHATCHED 
undisclosed 
UNHOUSELED 
without receiving the sacrament 
UNIMPROVED 
unreproved 
UNION 
a pearl 
UNJUST 
dishonest 
UNKIND 
unnatural 
UNLIVED 
bereft of life 
UNMANNED 
untamed, applied to a hawk 
UNOWED 
unowned 
UNPREGNANT 
stupid 
UNPROPER 
common to all 
UNQUESTIONABLE 
not inquisitive 
UNREADY 
undressed 
UNRESPECTIVE 
inconsiderate 
UNSISTING 
unresting 
UNSTANCHED 
incontinent 
UNTEMPERING 
unsoftening 
UNTENTED 
unsearchable 
UNTRADED 
unused, uncommon 
UNTRIMMED 
no ornaments 
UPSPRING REEL 
a boisterous dance 
URCHIN 
the hedge-hog 
USANCE 
usury 
USE 
interest 
UTIS 
riotous merriment, which accompanied the eighth day of a festival 
UTTER 
to expel, put forth 
UTTERANCE 
extremity 

Interpreting Elizabethan / Shakespearean Manuscripts and Original Documents
 

Vital, but little known, information about the Elizabethan alphabet is essential when looking at copies of original manuscripts of the period - examples of which can be found in Shakespeare's ' First Folio '. Learning the alphabet used during the Elizabethan era will no doubt clarify many questions that the differences of the Tudor / Elizabethan alphabet have raised such as "Couldn't Elizabethans spell properly?" and "Why is there so much confusion with the letters 'u' and 'v' and 'i' and 'j' ?" Comprehensive information regarding the Elizabethan alphabet can be accessed via the following link and will prove a useful addition to the details provided in the Shakespearean Dictionary.


William Shakespeare Education - the Elizabethan Alphabet - Differences only 24 letters - Deciphering manuscripts of the era

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