ken|ning

“blood”

18 fragments across 13 traditions carry this sense. They split 9 to 9 between opening and closing a name, which means it sits comfortably at either end.

Across the traditions

Reverse entry

They are spread across 5 different families, from creatures outward, which is the mark of a sense so basic that almost every tradition needs a word for it. No single tradition hoards it: the deepest, Vampire, has 3.

Vampire


Creatures

Blut initial · krova final · Krovan initial

  • Blutwald

    Blut blood + wald rule

    blood-rule

  • Blutschild

    Blut blood + schild shield

    blood-shield

  • Blutmeister

    Blut blood + meister master

    blood-master

  • Roxanakrova

    Roxana dawn + krova blood

    dawn-blood

  • Anakrova

    Ana grace + krova blood

    grace-blood

  • Magdakrova

    Magda tower + krova blood

    tower-blood

  • Krovanov

    Krovan blood + ov kin

    blood kin

  • Krovanslav

    Krovan blood + slav glory

    blood glory

  • Krovanturm

    Krovan blood + turm tower

    blood tower

Banshee


Creatures

fola final · fuil final

  • Malafola

    Mala brow + fola blood

    brow blood

  • Doirefola

    Doire oak grove + fola blood

    oak grove blood

  • Deorafola

    Deora tears + fola blood

    tears blood

  • Dubhfuil

    Dubh black + fuil blood

    black blood

  • Cillfuil

    Cill churchyard + fuil blood

    churchyard blood

  • Banfuil

    Ban pale + fuil blood

    pale blood

Giant


Creatures

blodar final · blodra final

  • Jorvaldblodar

    Jorvald bedrock + blodar blood

    bedrock blood

  • Rimgardblodar

    Rimgard hoarfrost + blodar blood

    hoarfrost blood

  • Hravaldblodar

    Hravald high ridge + blodar blood

    high ridge blood

  • Steinvelblodra

    Steinvel standing rock + blodra blood

    standing rock blood

  • Marbilblodra

    Marbil marble + blodra blood

    marble blood

  • Tordelblodra

    Tordel thunderhead + blodra blood

    thunderhead blood

Orc


Fantasy races

Grish initial · Grisha initial

  • Grishgug

    Grish blood + gug horror

    blood horror

  • Grishrak

    Grish blood + rak rip

    blood rip

  • Grishorz

    Grish blood + orz war

    blood war

  • Grishalok

    Grisha blood + lok chain

    blood chain

  • Grishabash

    Grisha blood + bash blunt strike

    blood blunt strike

  • Grishamog

    Grisha blood + mog bulk

    blood bulk

Barbarian


Tabletop

blod final

  • Teggblod

    Tegg covered + blod blood

    covered the blood

  • Klovblod

    Klov cleaved + blod blood

    cleaved the blood

  • Galnblod

    Galn sang + blod blood

    sang the blood

D&D


Tabletop

Drav initial

  • Dravwald

    Drav blood + wald forest lord

    blood forest lord

  • Dravsten

    Drav blood + sten hard

    blood hard

  • Dravdor

    Drav blood + dor land

    blood land

Dwarf


Fantasy races

Gor initial

  • Gorthok

    Gor blood + thok hammer

    blood hammer

  • Gortor

    Gor blood + tor peak

    blood peak

  • Gordurn

    Gor blood + durn lasting

    blood lasting

Half-Orc


Fantasy races

uz final

  • Brenuz

    Bren scorched + uz blood

    scorched blood

  • Wolduz

    Wold upland-bred + uz blood

    upland-bred blood

  • Alduz

    Ald old + uz blood

    old blood

Knight


People

Sang initial

  • Sangot

    Sang blood + ot little

    blood little

  • Sangoy

    Sang blood + oy joy

    blood joy

  • Sanghild

    Sang blood + hild battle

    blood battle

Kraken


Creatures

Blod initial

  • Blodmyrkr

    Blod blood + myrkr darkness

    blood darkness

  • Blodsvid

    Blod blood + svid scorching

    blood scorching

  • Blodhraun

    Blod blood + hraun lava field

    blood lava field

Minotaur


Creatures

haima final

  • Skiahaima

    Skia shadow + haima blood

    shadow blood

  • Skotiahaima

    Skotia dark + haima blood

    dark blood

  • Kallihaima

    Kalli beautiful + haima blood

    beautiful blood

Unicorn


Creatures

sang final

  • Silensang

    Silen silent + sang blood

    silent blood

  • Gratsang

    Grat grace + sang blood

    grace blood

  • Luminsang

    Lumin light + sang blood

    light blood

Viking


Real world

Blod initial

  • Blodhjarta

    Blod blood + hjarta heart

    blood heart

  • Blodrod

    Blod blood + rod voice

    blood voice

  • Blodbelti

    Blod blood + belti belt

    blood belt

Senses that travel together

See also

Each of these shares at least two traditions with “blood”. Senses that keep turning up in the same sets usually belong to one semantic field — the small vocabulary a naming tradition returns to again and again.

Corpus under CC BY 4.0 — every fragment above has a stable anchor, so you can cite one entry rather than the whole site.