In A Song of Ice and Fire, author George R.R. Martin uses some archaic vocabulary to add to the "medieval" flavor of the series. Many words are old and forgotten, resurrected by Martin from English of the 15th Century or other periods. Other words have been invented by the author. Furthermore, his fictional cultures (especially in Westeros) have their own proverbs. Some are influenced heavily by , while others remain specific to a certain or region.
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