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This is my first attempt on giving a foretaste of mine Elizabethan-tongued novel in public. Elizabethan-English-readers and degusters are in pre-eminence.

Th' entire of the storyline is based upon the remarkable PC game yclept 'BALDUR'S GATE'.
I am entirely open unto (and curious of) ideas, suggestions, opinions and constructive critiques.
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1. in order to display th' invanquishable manifoldness of th' English vocabulary
2. in order to display a Medieval-Epoch'd story written in a tongue that befitteth the setting
3. in order to display a never-afore-seen dimension and atmosphere for the readers
4. in order to display newly-invent'd words and word-formations so that new potentiality be fructified.
5. in order to essay the revival of a few long-neglect'd or long-forgotten words or expressions
6. in order to unveil numberless genuine English (= Anglo-Saxon) words that had been lying dormant for many a century.
7. in order to vivify obsolete dialectal and rustic speech
8. in order to be able to identify the origin of the speakers by merely their dialect (sans making mention of their homeland)

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[The traditional English letters (þ, Þ, ∫, ʆ, ȝ, Ȝ) are all elucidated within mine home page!]

- ►alarum◄ the first and original form of 'alarm', formerly used in all senses of the word, now almost always in poetical use
- ►ay◄ ever always, continually; at all times, on all occasions *OE*
- ►bedight◄ past participle of 'bedight': to array, bedeck, furnish, equip *ME*
- ►betider◄ that which betides or befalls: an accident *EME*
- ►bewraying◄ the action of revealing, discovering
- ►can◄ the northern version of 'gan' (past tense) *OE*
- ►clarity◄ brightness, lustre, splendour (an exceedingly common sense in the Elizabethan era)
- ►Daedalean◄ resembling the labyrinth of Daedalus, mazelike
- ►demi◄ half, partially
- ►durst◄ past tense of ‘dare’ *OE*
- ►eftsoons◄ very shortly/soon afterwards *OE*
- ►-enter/entre (prefix)◄ the initial form of 'inter-'
- ►evenglome◄ a recently revived Old English word: twilight, gloaming *OE*
- ►event◄ to come to pass
- ►grasshops◄ the former form of 'grasshopper' *OE*
- ►hurly-burly◄ in commotion, tumultuously, in confusion, confusedly *EME*
- ►hurtle◄ to emit a sound of collision: to clatter; to meet in shock or in encounter (literally and figuratively)
- ►jape◄ a recently revived Middle English word: to say or do something in jest or mockery; to jest
- ►kittle◄ requiring great caution or skill, difficult to deal with *OE*
- ►lanthorn◄ a varient of 'lantern', probably arisen because lanterns were formerly almost always made of horn
- ►leerness◄ emptiness *OE*
- ►nobbut◄ only, merely, just *ME*
- ►oftsithes◄ oftentimes, on frequent occasions *OE*
- ►overmore◄ in addition, furthermore, moreover *ME*
- ►passage◄ something that 'passes', goes on, takes place, or is done: an occurrence, an event
- ►restringed◄ confined, limited, restricted
- ►saught◄ - at saught: in peace, in agreement, free from strifle
- ►scop◄ a poet or a minstrel (an Old English word that has been revived since the 18th century) *OE*
- ►selfsame◄ (the) very same, identical
- ►spight◄ a common Elizabethan form of 'spite'
- ►therebeside◄ by the side of that, next to that, nearby *OE*
- ►tofore◄ archaic form of 'before' *OE*
- ►tokening◄ betokening, omen, portent *OE*
- ►transverse◄ in a transverse direction or position: transversely, across, athwart
- ►twimindedness◄ the quality or condition of having two minds or thoughts about something
- ►wee◄ a short time *ME*
- ►yule◄ Christmas *OE*
- ►ywis/iwis◄ certainly, assuredly, indeed, truly *OE*
- ►yclept/yclepped◄ called, named *OE*



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- ►bylane◄ (probably self-invented word) a bypassage or alley
- ►to unbubble◄ to get puffed like a bubble
- ►to wildfire◄ to spread like wildfire
- ►cloudcaptness◄ something that is cloudcapt/cloudcapped: a high building, object, etc.


*OE* word derived from Old English
*ME* word derived from Middle English, exclusively an English word-invention
*EME* word derived from Early Modern English, exclusively an English word-invention