Unusual spellings in Jane Austen's Sense and Sensibility:
Word | Modern spelling |
stile | style |
encreased | increased |
dropt | dropped |
inforced | enforced |
stopt | stopped |
expence | expense |
may be | maybe |
stedfast | steadfast |
aukwardness | awkwardness |
independance | independence |
staid | stayed |
chuse | choose |
doatingly | dotingly |
shew | show |
wrapt | wrapped |
biassed | biased |
croud | crowd |
lavendar | lavender |
intreat | entreat |
tremour | tremor |
wo'nt | won't |
choaked | choked |
villany | villainy |
stilish | stylish |
extasy | ecstasy |
doated | doted |
head-akes | headaches |
inclosure | enclosure |
foretel | foretell |
outstaid | outstayed |
popt | popped |
aweful | awful |
recal | recall |
engratiating | ingratiating |
scissars | scissors |