The Arden Shakespeare Complete Works

by William Shakespeare

  wort a plant of the cabbage family; unfermented beer

  worthy v. make seem a hero; the Worthies = nine heroes from history and legend

  wot know (cf. wit); wilt (cf. woo’t)

  wrack sb. wreck; wrecking; victim of a wreck; v. wreck

  wrangler quarreller

  wrath sb. raging passion; adj. wroth, furious

  wreak sb. revenge; v. revenge

  wrest tuning-key; peg for tightening a surgical ligature

  wring twist, writhe

  writ holy writ, scripture; any document or paper

  writhled shrivelled, wrinkled

  wroth misfortune, grief

  wrying going astray

  wry-neck’d with neck twisted, as was characteristic of fifers

  Xanthippe notoriously bad- tempered wife of the philosopher Socrates

  yard stick for measuring a yard; penis

  yare light; quick; ready

  Yaughan (?) for ‘Johan’, an unidentifed alehouse-keeper of the day

  yaw sail unsteadily

  y-clad clad, clothed

  ycleped cleped, called

  Yead Ed (cf. Yedward)

  yea-forsooth given to using mild oaths in a servile manner

  yearn grieve

  Yedward Edward

  yellowness jealousy

  yellows jaundice in horses

  yerk strike; kick

  yest yeast, foam

  yield bring forth; report; reward

  yoke-devils devils working together

  younger younger son, prodigal

  younker young man, prodigal

  y-ravished ravished, enraptured

  y-slacked slacked, reduced to inactivity

  zany clown’s assistant

  ’zounds, zounds see ’Swounds

  zwaggered swaggered (dial.) (see swagger)

  The editors and publisher would like to thank Jane Armstrong, Project

  Manager; Tom Adair, who compiled the glossary; and Christine Ames

  and her colleagues at Multiplex Techniques.

  Picture research by Image Select.

  The general editors of the Arden Shakespeare have been

  W.J. Craig and R.H. Case (first series 1899-1944)

  Una Ellis-Fermor, Harold F. Brooks, Harold Jenkins and

  Brian Morris (second series 1946-82)

  Present general editors (third series)

  Richard Proudfoot, Ann Thompson and David Scott Kastan

  The Arden Shakespeare Complete Works

  first published 1998 by Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd

  Revised edition published 2001 by The Arden Shakespeare

  Arden Shakespeare is an imprint of Thomson Learning

  Thomson Learning

  Berkshire House

  168–173 High Holborn

  London WC1V 7AA

  Editorial matter © 1998, 2001 Richard Proudfoot, Ann Thompson,

  David Scott Kastan

  Typeset by Multiplex Techniques

  Printed in China

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  ISBN 1-903436-61-3

  NPN 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1