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<blockquote data-quote="The Grassy Gnoll" data-source="post: 6878314" data-attributes="member: 6788652">Yeah that always bothered me, too. Just because &quot;hobbit&quot; is vetoed, doesn't make &quot;halfling&quot; work well, especially in the sense that the race would call themselves that. &quot;Hin&quot; works (although I suspect it's lifted from Hîn or Chîn which is Sindarin for &quot;children&quot;, so, still a Tolkien fallback. I have mused before about the offspring of an elf and a human being a halfling, which would make sense name-wise. To go full Tolkien and inspire from Old English;ríce Strong Neuter Noun ja-stemrealm 1. power authority reign referring to sovereigns or to others in authority 2. the district in which power is exercised a kingdom realm diocese 3. the people inhabiting a district a nationfrumcynn Strong Neuter Nounancestry origin descent lineage race tribefrumcynn&nbsp; &nbsp; Singular&nbsp; &nbsp; PluralNominative&nbsp; &nbsp; (the/that þæt) frumcynn&nbsp; &nbsp; (the/those þá) frumcynnAccusative&nbsp; &nbsp; (the/that þæt) frumcynn&nbsp; &nbsp; (the/those þá) frumcynnGenitive&nbsp; &nbsp; (the/that þæs) frumcynnes&nbsp; &nbsp; (the/those þára) frumcynnaDative&nbsp; &nbsp; (the/that þæm) frumcynne&nbsp; &nbsp; (the/those þæm) frumcynnumcynd Strong Neuter Nounorigin generation birth race species place by nature nature kind property quality character offspring gender genitaliacynd&nbsp; &nbsp; Singular&nbsp; &nbsp; PluralNominative&nbsp; &nbsp; (the/that þæt) cynd&nbsp; &nbsp; (the/those þá) cyndAccusative&nbsp; &nbsp; (the/that þæt) cynd&nbsp; &nbsp; (the/those þá) cyndGenitive&nbsp; &nbsp; (the/that þæs) cyndes&nbsp; &nbsp; (the/those þára) cyndaDative&nbsp; &nbsp; Have a play here: <a href="http://www.oldenglishtranslator.co.uk" target="_blank">http://www.oldenglishtranslator.co.uk</a></blockquote>

[QUOTE="The Grassy Gnoll, post: 6878314, member: 6788652"] Yeah that always bothered me, too. Just because "hobbit" is vetoed, doesn't make "halfling" work well, especially in the sense that the race would call themselves that. "Hin" works (although I suspect it's lifted from Hîn or Chîn which is Sindarin for "children", so, still a Tolkien fallback. I have mused before about the offspring of an elf and a human being a halfling, which would make sense name-wise. To go full Tolkien and inspire from Old English; [b]ríce[/b] Strong Neuter Noun ja-stem realm 1. power authority reign referring to sovereigns or to others in authority 2. the district in which power is exercised a kingdom realm diocese 3. the people inhabiting a district a nation [b]frumcynn[/b] Strong Neuter Noun ancestry origin descent lineage race tribe frumcynn Singular Plural Nominative (the/that þæt) frumcynn (the/those þá) frumcynn Accusative (the/that þæt) frumcynn (the/those þá) frumcynn Genitive (the/that þæs) frumcynnes (the/those þára) frumcynna Dative (the/that þæm) frumcynne (the/those þæm) frumcynnum [b]cynd[/b] Strong Neuter Noun origin generation birth race species place by nature nature kind property quality character offspring gender genitalia cynd Singular Plural Nominative (the/that þæt) cynd (the/those þá) cynd Accusative (the/that þæt) cynd (the/those þá) cynd Genitive (the/that þæs) cyndes (the/those þára) cynda Dative Have a play here: [url]http://www.oldenglishtranslator.co.uk[/url] [/QUOTE]

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