Terms
Nomenclature words
Poetry words
• Archaic words
– commix - mix
– nay - no
– whereof - of which
– to deem - to think
• Archaic forms
– vale - valley
– maketh - makes
– thou - you
– brethren - brothers
• Historical words
– argosy - large merchant
ship
– yeoman - a freeholder of
land
• Poetic words proper
(“refined”)
– quoth - said
– woe - sorrow
– main - ocean
– welkin - sky
• German Wolken stands for
“clouds”?
Archaic words
Foreign words
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5tkMi72w8j0
Bookish words