Orlanthi don't use "Flowery" speech. They use plain words, arranged in alliterative staves. These plain words will contain lots of allusions to Myths and Legends, though, and kennings like "Whale-Roads" for the sea or "Bee-Wolf" for bears or "Bronze-Brand Clashing" for battle (in Bronze Age Glorantha, that is. RW, it was usually Clashing of Spears, or Feasting of Ravens).
Your best bet would be to try to stick to words of AngloSaxon roots (I almost used "origin", there, which would break mine own rule) and/or few word-bits (aka, "syllables", but that has a Latin root, and is thus no good).
If you can get hold of a copy of the Prose Edda, or some other Icelandic verse from the immediate post-Viking period, that would be a good start. Verses from Celtic bards, like Taliessin or Amergin, might be good, as well, but I know of few sources. They used imagery ad similes rather than the allusions or kennings, but still use a small vocabulary.
And remember to invoke Far-travelling Mastakos, whose Magic you Crave, as well as Mighty Orlanth, Who Adventures Always (or something like that). Not as Cowards do you ask, but to save those in whose hall you were hosted.
Powered by hypermail