Othello

quicken…blowing give life even though they deposit their eggs in rotting meat⁷⁶ ignorant unwitting⁷⁸ committed Othello picks up on the senses of “committed adultery” and “fornicated”⁷⁹ commoner prostitute⁸³ stops stops up, closes moon a symbol of chastity winks closes its eyes⁸⁵ mine cave⁸⁸ strumpet harlot, prostitute⁹⁰ vessel body⁹⁷ cry you mercy beg your pardon¹⁰⁰ office opposite opposing job Saint Peter heaven’s gatekeeper¹⁰¹ gate of hell vaginal connotations (hell was a slang term for the vagina) ¹⁰² done our course finished our business/had our bout of sex¹⁰³ counsel secret¹⁰⁴ conceive think, imagine¹⁰⁶ asleep stunned¹¹⁴ go by water be expressed through tears¹¹⁸ meet fitting used treated¹¹⁹ How…misuse? What must I have done to cause him to attach even the slightest condemnation to my most minor misconduct?¹²⁶ a…chiding i.e. know little of being rebuked¹²⁸ bewhored her called her a whore¹²⁹ despite contempt/malice/abuse heavy serious/angry/violent/distressing¹³⁵ callet drab, trull, whore¹³⁹ forsook declined/given up¹⁴³ Beshrew curse¹⁴⁴ trick delusion¹⁴⁸ cogging cheating cozening deceiving¹⁵² halter hangman’s noose¹⁵⁴ form manner, way¹⁵⁶ scurvy contemptible¹⁵⁷ companions rogues unfold reveal, expose¹⁶¹ within door i.e. more quietly¹⁶² squire fellow (contemptuous)¹⁶³ the…without inside out (with the seams on the outside)¹⁷¹ discourse course, process¹⁷² that if¹⁷⁴ yet still¹⁷⁷ forswear abandon¹⁸⁰ abhor revolt (puns on whore)¹⁸¹ addition title, name¹⁸² vanity worthless finery¹⁸³ humour mood¹⁸⁸ stays await meat food¹⁹³ daff’st me put me off, deflect me device trick/stratagem¹⁹⁵ conveniency opportunity¹⁹⁷ put up endure, tolerate²⁰⁵ votarist nun²⁰⁷ comforts encouraging hopes sudden respect imminent esteem and favor²⁰⁸ acquaintance familiarity/sexual intimacy (possibly with pun on “quaint,” i.e. vagina) ²¹⁰ go to Rodorigo shifts the sense to “have sex”²¹² fopped deceived, cheated²¹⁷ satisfaction recompense²¹⁸ said had your say²¹⁹ protest intendment declare I have the intention²²¹ mettle spirit, vigor²²⁴ exception objection²²⁵ directly straightforwardly/fairly²³³ engines plots against²³⁴ compass range²³⁹ Mauritania region in north Africa consisting of parts of Morocco and Algeria²⁴⁰ abode be lingered stay be prolonged²⁴¹ determinate decisive²⁴⁸ harlotry harlot²⁵⁰ fashion…out arrange to occur²⁵² second support, back²⁵³ amazed dumbstruck, stunned²⁵⁵ high fully²⁵⁶ grows to waste is passing/being wasted: about it.¹¹ incontinent immediately, plays on sense of “loosely, unchastely”¹⁶ nightly wearing nightclothes¹⁹ approve commend²⁰ stubbornness inflexibility, obstinacy/ ruthlessness, ferocity²¹ unpin me i.e. loosen or detach parts of my clothing (sleeves etc. were secured on with pins)/unpin my hair or remove my hair accessory²³ All’s one it makes no difference/all right Good father i.e. God in heaven²⁴ before i.e. before you shroud lay, wrap (ready for burial)²⁶ talk talk nonsense, talk on idly²⁷ Barbary a form of Barbara, but the name has obvious north African associations²⁸ mad insane/wild/faithless²⁹ willow the tree symbolized lost or unrequited love³⁷ proper handsome/accomplished⁴¹ nether lower (possibly with bawdy implication)⁴² sycamore type of fig-tree or, as now, a species of maple; puns on “sick amour”⁵⁰ Lay by these put these aside (presumably parts of her clothing or accessories)⁵² hie thee hurry yourself⁵⁹ couch lie, sleep⁶¹ bode foretell⁶⁵ abuse deceive, wrong⁶⁶ gross kind a great way/a coarse manner⁷⁴ price prize⁷⁸