*cough* Because book-canon-anal me didn't know whether or not there were shovels in use.
Thev, this is why I started compiling so many word lists when I started writing IETWO - I figured any word that had its origins in OE was safe for use in Rohan's culture. The shovel is a perfect example:
Etymology: Middle English, from Old English scofl; akin to Old High German scufla shovel, Old English scufan to thrust away
Now your trowel on the other hand...
Etymology: Middle English truel, from Middle French truelle, from Late Latin truella, from Latin trulla ladle
*cough* You have permission to hurl mild obcenities at me. ;-)
I actually worried about the use of the word paddock until I checked its etymology and discovered it has its origins in OE - okay, so they borrowed it from Medieval Latin, but the Rohirrim borrowed some words from the Elven tongues too. :-D
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Re: shovels and trowels
Date: 2004-02-08 06:27 pm (UTC)Thev, this is why I started compiling so many word lists when I started writing IETWO - I figured any word that had its origins in OE was safe for use in Rohan's culture. The shovel is a perfect example:
Now your trowel on the other hand...
*cough* You have permission to hurl mild obcenities at me. ;-)
I actually worried about the use of the word paddock until I checked its etymology and discovered it has its origins in OE - okay, so they borrowed it from Medieval Latin, but the Rohirrim borrowed some words from the Elven tongues too. :-D
You can see why I love my dictionary. :-D