Of the Orthographie and Congruitie of the Britan Tongue eBook

Alexander Hume
This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 55 pages of information about Of the Orthographie and Congruitie of the Britan Tongue.

Of the Orthographie and Congruitie of the Britan Tongue eBook

Alexander Hume
This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 55 pages of information about Of the Orthographie and Congruitie of the Britan Tongue.
Quherbe = whereby, pp. 11, 34. 
Quherfoer, quherforr = wherefore, pp. 7, 8, 10, 15. 
Quherin = wherein, pp. 20, 22. 
Quherof = whereof, pp. 29, 34. 
Quheron = whereon, p. 22. 
Quherupon = whereupon, pp. 8, 27. 
Quherwith = wherewith, p. 2. 
Quhil, quhiles = while, p. 2. 
Quhilk = which. 
Quhither = whether, pp. 11, 17, 18, 20, 32. 
Quho = who, pp. 12, 14, 15, 18, 22. 
Quhom = whom. 
Quhy = why, pp. 20, 21, 29. 
Quhyte = white, p. 30;
  quhiter, p. 30;
  quhytest, p. 30. 
Quod = quoth, p. 18.

Rease = rose, p. 18. 
Red = read, p. 34. 
Regne = reign, p. 20. 
Retine = retain, p. 20. 
Ryseth = ariseth, p. 9.

Sa = so, p. 21;
  sae = so, p. 17. 
Sal = shall, pp. 9, 11, 23, 34. 
Sall = shall, pp. 8, 22. 
Shaued = showed, p. 7. 
Shour = shower, p. 10. 
Sib = related, p. 21. 
Sik = such, pp. 1, 2, 8, 9, 11, 17, 29. 
Sillie = wretched, poor, p. 2. 
Skuiographie,
    probably an invented word, the intention of the author being to
    oppose skew or askew to +orthos+, straight.  It has been suggested
    that it may be intended for sciagraphy, +skiagraphia+, also spelt
    sciography; but this is improbable, as the meaning of that word,
    viz., the art of shadows, including dialling, is so inappropriate
    in this passage, p. 2. 
Sould = should, pp. 7, 8, 11, 12, 13, 17, 18, 19, 22, 28, 29. 
Spering = inquiring, p. 18. 
Spil = destroy, spoil(?), p. 13;
  spill, p. 22. 
Spilt = corrupted, spoilt(?), p. 2. 
Stack = stuck, p. 2. 
Stean = stone, p. 8. 
Stiddie = anvil, pp. 12, 17. 
    “And my imaginations are as foul
    As Vulcan’s stithy.”
          Hamlet, Act iii., sc. 2.

Strang = strong, p. 14. 
Sum = some, pp. 8, 9, 10, 21, 34. 
Supposit = subject, pp. 30, 31. 
Syllab = syllable, pp. 14, 15, 16, 18, 21, 22;
  syllabes, p. 8. 
    Ben Jonson spells this word syllabe in his English Grammar. 
Syne = since, p. 1.

Tal = tale, p. 9. 
Tal = tail, p. 9. 
Tale = tall, p. 28. 
Trow = believe, pp. 13, 18. 
Tuae = two, pp. 1, 8, 9, 10, 22, 23. 
Tuelfe = twelve, p. 3. 
Tuich = touch, pp. 7, 13, 15, 17;
  tuiches, p. 11. 
Tuiched = touched, pp. 3, 17. 
Tuich stone = touchstone, p. 19. 
Tyme passing befoer = imperfect tense, pp. 31, 32. 
Tyme past befoer = pluperfect tense, pp. 31, 32. 
Tyme past els = perfect tense, pp. 31, 32.

Vadimonie = recognisance, p. 22.  Lat. Vadimonium.
Voce = voice, p. 20.

Waet = know, p. 14. 
Wait = know, p. 11. 
Wald = would, pp. 1, 2, 9, 10, 13, 14, 16, 20, 21, 30, 31. 
Warkes = works, p. 29. 
Weer = war, p. 3. 
Were = war, p. 20. 
Whither = whether, p. 2. 
    The author in this place uses the letter w instead of qu,
    although at p. 18 he is so strenuous against its use. 
Wrang = wrong, pp. 2, 9, 11.

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