| 1. | part of it, remodelled from the archaic dialect of Crete, in whic. - from The Iliad of Homer by Homer |
| 2. | The Major was tall, but whenever he made that wonderful, archaic genuflexion he called a bow, the corners of his frock coat swept the floor. - from The Best American Humorous Short Stories by Various |
| 3. | Again, though many archaic words have been used, there are none, it is believed, which are not found in standard modern poetry. - from Beowulf by |
| 4. | There are a few archaic expressions in _Faust_, but no more than are still allowed--nay, frequently encouraged--in the English of our day. - from Faust by Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe |