At 02:02 PM 1/10/2001, Alistair Bell wrote: >axle >n. spindle upon which or with which wheel revolves; rod connecting pair of >wheels of vehicle (earliest in ME axel-tre f. ON oxull-tre) Are you saying it's inappropriate to use Middle-English when speaking of our antediluvian monsters? Unfortunately I don't speak Sumerian... Though I certainly agree that Old Norse is Right Out. <g> d
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