The medieval texts display many archaisms in phonology, morphology and lexicon. Western Yugur has preserved many archaisms of Old Uyghur. Each of the dialects contains archaisms and innovations that distinguish them from each other. Like so many other archaisms, it is retained in Church Slavonic. Hittite thus preserved archaisms that would be lost in the other Indo-European languages. Spenser found it in the intentional use of archaisms. Old Sardinian had a greater number of archaisms and Latinisms than the present language does. A few archaisms still used (aorist in the perfective aspect 'was'). Also, it preserved many words which in the "major" languages became archaisms or changed meaning. The stated intention was to produce a fresh translation, free of archaisms. They often reflect centuries-old variation or constitute archaisms. McCarthy's use of archaisms is also brought under scrutiny. Both authors created distinctive, singular worlds of fantasy and employed archaisms in their writings. Archaisms are frequently misunderstood, leading to changes in usage. Archaisms in proverbs are often retained, far longer than in other parts of the language.