四百年前的英文

mandarin

A
    Table Alphabeticall, con-
    teyning and teaching the true
    vvriting, and vnderʃtanding of hard
vʃuall Engliʃh wordes,borrowed from
the Hebrew, Greeke, Latine,
or French. & c.

    With the interpretation thereof by
    plaine Engliʃh words, gathered for the benefit &
    helpe of Ladies, Gentlewomen, or any other
    vuskilfull perʃons.

    Whereby they may the more eaʃilie
and better vnderʃtand many hard Engliʃh
wordes, vvhich they ʃhall heare or read in
Scriptures, Sermons, or elʃwhere, and alʃo
be made able to vʃe the ʃame aptly
themʃelves.

    Legere, et non intelligere, neglegere est.
As good not read, as not to vnderʃtand.

    AT LONDON,
    Printed by I. R. for Edmund Wea-
    uer, & are to be ʃold at his ʃhop at the great
    North doore of Paules Church.
    1 6 0 4

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Robert Cawdrey, A table Alphabeticall, 1604. The title-page of the first English dictionary(The bodleian Library)

注释：
v=u
vv=w
ʃ=s
-lie=-ly
词尾C+e=C
the bodleian library就是钱钟书所谓“饱蠹楼”吧

热度

400年前？
800年前是不是就跟德语差不多了呢？

mandarin

德语本身也在变化，倒推800年英语德语还是不同的

Roger_King

还有发/k/的字母'c'都写成c上再加半个圆（稍向右偏），类似E的手写体一样。
最初是在牛顿的《自然哲学的数学原理》的原版拉丁文里看到的，后来发现从16XX~约1820年之前的英文很多都是那么写的。

Salomé

v=u我们这一些老房子还是这么写的。

Roger_King

u写成v据说是因为古罗马时期铭文造成的。刻一个'v'显然要比刻'u'简单。