I don't remember what the conclusion was based on, as you can't just go back a couple of centuries and check. I assume he would just compare different clans/tribes, their mutual contact in history.
Cheers,
Henk
Jane Williams wrote:
> I don't remember dates, but wat you have is an early manuscript being
> copied a few centuries later. The early script had an abbreviation
> (parchment being expensive) that if you had an "ono" you represented it
> by using a single "o" with a dot over it. Later copyist either didn't
> know this, or missed the dot. He wrote that Arthur took the sword "ex
> saxo" - from the stone. Original had him taking it "ex saxono" - from
> the Saxon.
>
> The Orlanthi are right. Stick to oral tradition. It's more accurate.
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