Early Modern English 🪦

Question 1

T’was

Answer 1

It was

Question 2

E’er

Answer 2

Ever
Poetic or archaic contraction form

Question 3

O’

Answer 3

Of the/Of

Cup o’coffee

Question 4

Wherefore

Answer 4

For what reason.

She took it from me, wherefore I cannot say.

the whys and wherefores

Question 5

Betwixt

Answer 5

betwixt and between” (“neither one thing nor the other”), which took on a life of its own in the 18th century. Nowadays, betwixt is uncommon, but it isn’t archaic; it’s simply used more consciously than between.

Question 6

Perchance.

Answer 6

Perchance it will rain tonight

Perhaps, as it may happen.
Algo pode acontecer, por acaso.

Question 7

‘Tis = it is
‘O’er’ = over
‘E’en’ = even
E’er = ever

Question 8

Replete

Answer 8

His works are replete of words that have fallen out of use.

Question 9

Extraneous

Answer 9

Strange

Question 10

Woman’s Pudendum

Answer 10

Woman’s genital

Question 11

I will live in thy heart, die in thy lap, and be buried in thy eyes’ (5.298-99), and if ‘death’ wasn’t enough, the pun is made doubly obvious by the fact that ‘lap’ was slang for female pudendum.

Answer 11

Die in thy lap - gozar na sua boceta

Question 12

Hither = here