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Re: Dwarves and all.

From:John Cowan <jcowan@...>
Date:Tuesday, November 30, 1999, 20:00
Raymond Brown wrote:

> Did he also use 'dwarven' on the analogy of 'elven'?
He did not. He used "dwarvish" and also nominal compounds in "dwarf", as in "dwarf-king" (cf. "Elven-king"). AFAIK the adjective "dwarven" first appeared in print in the original _Dungeons and Dragons_ manuals.
> The -v- is not etymologically correct and could only have arisen either > through analogy with words like elf~elves, wolf~wolves etc., or through > deliberate coinage.
Evidently analogy in this case, rather than deliberate coining. -- John Cowan http://www.reutershealth.com jcowan@reutershealth.com Schlingt dreifach einen Kreis vom dies! / Schliesst euer Aug vor heiliger Schau Den er genoss vom Honig-Tau / Und trank die Milch vom Paradies. -- Coleridge (tr. Politzer)