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Question
Archaic words are those that are no longer used in a language, but sometimes their usage adds a historical or old-times flavour to a piece of writing.
Examples:
- behold – look
- afeared – frightened
- forsooth – indeed
- hither – this place
Now find out some archaic words from your mother tongue or another language that you are proficient in and write down at least ten of them, and against each, their modern equivalent and meaning in English.
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Solution
| Archaic Language | |||
| Archaic Word | Modern Equivalent | Meaning in English | |
| 1. | shrive | forgive | (of a priest) absolve (a person making a confession) |
| 2. | slay | murder | kill in a violent |
| 3. | smite | knock, bash | defeat or conquer |
| 4. | sooth | factuality, authenticity | truth |
| 5. | steed | pony | a horse |
| 6. | wondrous | amazing, awesome | wonderful |
| 7. | yonder | beyond | over there |
| 8. | pate | head, crown | a person's head |
| 9. | nigh | next door, proximate | near |
| 10. | knave | villain, rogue | a dishonest man |
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