Old Orth

Old Orth is an earlier historical form of Orth used within the mathic world. It is heard in formal liturgical phrasing and in scholarly labeling that distinguishes earlier senses of words from those of later Orth.

First Appearance and Context

• Observed in a formal aut when the Primate began a ceremonial summoning in Old Orth before switching to New Orth. This occurred at the Concent of Saunt Edhar during a Voco and was presented as familiar, traditional phrasing.

Roles/Actions and Affiliations

• Liturgical register: used by the Primate to summon the community in a Voco aut, after which a switch to New Orth may follow for more recent formulae.
• Scholarly usage: used as a period label in definitions and citations to indicate earlier senses within the continuum of Orth.

Relationships

• Part of the Orth language continuum; commonly contrasted with New Orth as a later standard.
• Employed by the Primate during Voco, linking the language’s older form to a solemn rite and to the concent’s leadership.

Descriptions/Characteristics

• An older, more archaic form of the language, retained for ceremonial gravity and clarity of tradition.
• Appears in quotations and older manuscripts, and as a tagging phrase in definitions to mark sense history.

Current Status/Location

• Actively retained in rites at the Concent of Saunt Edhar, where the Primate’s formal summoning may be given in Old Orth before the service continues in New Orth.
• In ongoing scholarship, “Old Orth” functions as a historical stage label that distinguishes earlier usage from that of later Orth.