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***Mister Underhill*** · 01-18-2002, 02:05 PM

Congratulations on your swift reply, Old Man! I salute you! TDS takes full responsibility for his defeats as well as his triumphs. [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img]

To lower the intellectual standards of the thread for a moment, the components of "dwimmerlaik" also bear resemblance to two other words, both of which will be familiar to players of certain popular RPGs: "dweomer" and "lich".

"dweomer" - "...occurs only once in medieval literature - in a work from around 1205. Even then it does not occur alone but in the compound term dweomer-craeften meaning "magic art". It is thought to be related to the Old English gedwimer (or gedwomer) "sorcery".

"lich" - (from a more reputable source, the invaluable www.m-w.com) body, corpse (from Old English lIc)

[ January 18, 2002: Message edited by: Mister Underhill ]

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01-18-2002, 02:05 PM	#11
*Mister Underhill* Dread Horseman Join Date: Sep 2000 Location: Behind you! Posts: 2,744	Congratulations on your swift reply, Old Man! I salute you! TDS takes full responsibility for his defeats as well as his triumphs. [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img] To lower the intellectual standards of the thread for a moment, the components of "dwimmerlaik" also bear resemblance to two other words, both of which will be familiar to players of certain popular RPGs: "dweomer" and "lich". "dweomer" - "...occurs only once in medieval literature - in a work from around 1205. Even then it does not occur alone but in the compound term dweomer-craeften meaning "magic art". It is thought to be related to the Old English gedwimer (or gedwomer) "sorcery". "lich" - (from a more reputable source, the invaluable www.m-w.com) body, corpse (from Old English lIc) [ January 18, 2002: Message edited by: Mister Underhill ]