In message <00b101c47988$6c1560b0$bff1a1cd@pcpowerhrhqxek>, Gordon Barlow <barlow@candw.ky> writes >> In Shakespeare's Henry V II 1 line 71, Pistol, in a sword-fight, says >"Give >> me thy fist, thy fore-foot to me give". This word (fore-foot with the >> meaning fist) is one of Shakespeare's 5000 odd inventions. Well over 50 >> words prefixed 'fore-' were invented in his lifetime; to him alone we owe >at >> least 15... >> John Barton > >Well, I'm not at all sure Shakespeare *invented* *any* word. um - I did impeticos thy gratillity? Doesn't find a place in my dictionary. > His writings >are the earliest records *that survived*, containing certain words: I am sure that is right for a lot of the odder ones. -- Eve McLaughlin Author of the McLaughlin Guides for family historians Secretary Bucks Genealogical Society