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this list goes over a lot of archaic (or atleast uncommon) english words and speech i like!
- afeared
- asunder
- beseech
- beshrew
- betide
- churl
- daft
- drake (dragon)
- ey (plural eyren)
- fair
- fain
- forsooth
- hail (greeting)
- hence
- hereby
- hither
- hitherto
- kye/kine (plural of cow)
- mickle (also muchel)
- mirth
- murther
- ne'er
- o'er
- sooth
- swain
- thither
- thence
- whither
- whence
- writ (old past tense of write)
- wrought (old past tense of work)
- yeoman
...i'll add more eventually.
-eth ending
basically a stand-in for modern english "-s"
example: "the watchman walketh up and down the street"
pronouns
thou/thee/thy/thine
also ye
example: "thine axe was stolen!"
phrases
"how goes it?"
"how fare thee?"
"fare thee well!"
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HeartOfGold
I love a few old-timey words now and then. I just wish I could use them in sentences without seeming like some sort of smug nerd lol.