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Does Anyone speak Elizabethan English?
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Peterkinz | Report | 10 Mar 2009 03:38 |
Thanks Sue - could well be dialect (he is in Cheddar). |
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Sue in Somerset | Report | 9 Mar 2009 19:26 |
I think it is an earring. |
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Peterkinz | Report | 9 Mar 2009 17:06 |
definitely no st at the start but thanks anyway |
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Suzi-Wong | Report | 9 Mar 2009 11:10 |
? sterling ? silver? |
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Peterkinz | Report | 9 Mar 2009 08:27 |
Sorry -should have been frock!! |
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Vicci | Report | 9 Mar 2009 08:17 |
http://www.elizabethan-era.org.uk/elizabethan-online-dictionary.htm |
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Peterkinz | Report | 9 Mar 2009 07:42 |
I am transcribing a will and have the line "to my daughter my wives (sic) best frock and my best "erling" The will is dated 1588 - any idea what "erling" could be? It is not his best "yeareling" as that is given earlier but the letters are the same..... |
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