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.

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