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This is a study of how some Korean words, such as “halda(할다)", “siul(시울)", “hayeodida(여디다)", “heomeul(허믈)", “hyeoda(혀다)", and “heolda(헐다)", changed in their word-forms during the period from the 15 century to the 20 century. The study is based on the aspects of changes in word-forms during this period: ① a death of word-forms, ② a split of word-forms, ③ a change of word-forms, and ④ a retention of word-forms. The study also shows how some words of the 15 century changed in terms of a phoneme and meaning. Word materials in the old Korean books were used for analysis.