Pax Tharda 06/13/2000

There are a lot of misplaced words in mideavil role playing.

A great resource for words is the Dictonary for Old English; unfortunately it's incomplete and costs about 9$US a letter. The group writing it is only up to the letter E (having done D in 1986, C in 1988, B in 1991, AE in 1992, A in 1994 and E in 1996). For those wishing a more robust (and cheeper) resource, try some of the following:

The English language is dynamic - growing and changing yearly. While few would want to play or run a game spoken entirely in old english; changing the way you speak the language does provide a feeling. Certain words and concepts predate the 13th century in which Hârn is set. The concepts part of the previous statement is a topic for another editorial. As to the words...

Words that should be avoided:

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