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As far as understanding Shakespeare, most reputable English dictionaries cover most of the unfamiliar words used there. There are also modernized versions of his plays available. (As well as No Fear Shakespeare that Textorus mentioned, there's No Sweat Shakespeare along the same lines.) Lexicografía 01:28, 20 September 2010 (UTC)
The Historical Thesaurus of English (HTE) is a complete database of all the words in the Oxford English Dictionary and other dictionaries (including Old English), arranged by semantic field and date. In this way, the HTE arranges the whole vocabulary of English, from the earliest written records in Old English to the present, alongside dates of ...
Old English, or Anglo-Saxon, was an early form of English in medieval England. It is different from Early Modern English, the language of Shakespeare and the King James Bible, and from Middle English, the language of Geoffrey Chaucer. See Old English phonology for more detail on the sounds of Old English.
This category is for English phrases which were invented by Shakespeare, and older phrases which were notably used in his works. The main article for this category is William Shakespeare . Pages in category "Shakespearean phrases"
Shakespeare added hundreds of new words to the English language, including many commonly used words and colorful expressions that we still use today.
Early Modern English is the language of Shakespeare and the King James Version of the Bible. Pages in category "Old English dictionaries" The following 3 pages are in this category, out of 3 total.
Shakespeare's Early Modern English [6] was a time of great linguistic change for the English language. [7] One change that was then taking place was the Great Vowel Shift, which changed the pronunciation of long vowels. [7] Many words of Early Modern English were pronounced differently from today's standard pronunciation of Modern English. [7]
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