Saturday, December 29, 2012

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User talk:Speednat
Dec 30th 2012, 02:45

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You've listed this as an obsolete Middle English word. That doesn't make any sense, all Middle English is obsolete. It's a bit like calling a Sumerian word 'dated'. [[User:Mglovesfun|Mglovesfun]] ([[User talk:Mglovesfun|talk]]) 19:42, 29 December 2012 (UTC)
 
You've listed this as an obsolete Middle English word. That doesn't make any sense, all Middle English is obsolete. It's a bit like calling a Sumerian word 'dated'. [[User:Mglovesfun|Mglovesfun]] ([[User talk:Mglovesfun|talk]]) 19:42, 29 December 2012 (UTC)
 
:That's not true. I'd use {{temp|obsolete}} for a very Anglo-Saxony term that became rare after the 13th century, like {{term|theodand|lang=enm}}. This is English, though. —[[User:Metaknowledge|Μετάknowledge]]<small><sup>''[[User talk:Metaknowledge|discuss]]/[[Special:Contributions/Metaknowledge|deeds]]''</sup></small> 02:40, 30 December 2012 (UTC)
 
:That's not true. I'd use {{temp|obsolete}} for a very Anglo-Saxony term that became rare after the 13th century, like {{term|theodand|lang=enm}}. This is English, though. —[[User:Metaknowledge|Μετάknowledge]]<small><sup>''[[User talk:Metaknowledge|discuss]]/[[Special:Contributions/Metaknowledge|deeds]]''</sup></small> 02:40, 30 December 2012 (UTC)
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::Seems like it's Middle English, found a 15th century cite from Chaucer. Not sure about whether the modern English is citeable, actually. —[[User:Metaknowledge|Μετάknowledge]]<small><sup>''[[User talk:Metaknowledge|discuss]]/[[Special:Contributions/Metaknowledge|deeds]]''</sup></small> 02:45, 30 December 2012 (UTC)

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