The deepest indentations are in the so-called Sword-breakers (brise-épées), mostly of the fifteenth century.

On my bended knees I supplicated for death in any other form than that of bein’ cronched alive by the huge apish monster that was throwin’ himself with terrific force against the iron slide that balked him of his prey.

Most importantly perhaps, it is evident that the impression of archaicity which any reader will experience on reading The Lord of the Rings is partly due to three simple lexical causes: the “overuse” of words borrowed from nineteenth-century fiction (e.g. yonder, journey [v], topmost), the avoidance of words associated with the modern world and the comparatively dense use of new coinages, unusual grammatical patterns, rare or obsolescent words.

To make sure they don’t cannibalize their lucrative business clients, these fares come with certain requirements like Saturday-night stayovers.