“bold”
25 fragments across 18 traditions carry this sense. 17 of them open a name against 8 that close one, so this reads as a sense that leads.
Across the traditions
¶They are spread across 6 different families, from people outward, which is the mark of a sense so basic that almost every tradition needs a word for it. Knight carries the most, with 4 separate fragments for it — a tradition that needs this many words for one idea is telling you something about what it cares about.
Bald initial · Con initial · ault final · Cund initial
- Baldfort
Bald bold + fort strong
bold strong
- Baldfred
Bald bold + fred peace
bold peace
- Baldhelm
Bald bold + helm helmet
bold helmet
- Conland
Con bold + land territory
bold territory
- Conon
Con bold + on great
bold great
- Conaume
Con bold + aume helmet
bold helmet
- Baldault
Bald bold + ault bold
bold bold
- Sigault
Sig victory + ault bold
victory bold
- Ricault
Ric ruler + ault bold
ruler bold
- Cundgis
Cund bold + gis pledge
bold pledge
- Cundent
Cund bold + ent bearing
bold bearing
- Cundrod
Cund bold + rod fame
bold fame
Baud initial · bald final · bault final
- Baudmand
Baud bold + mand man
bold man
- Baudram
Baud bold + ram raven
bold raven
- Baudinot
Baud bold + inot little
bold little
- Paulbald
Paul small + bald bold
small bold
- Edbald
Ed wealth + bald bold
wealth bold
- Adbald
Ad noble + bald bold
noble bold
- Fredbault
Fred peace + bault bold
peace bold
- Rombault
Rom of Rome + bault bold
of Rome bold
- Franbault
Fran free + bault bold
free bold
Bral initial · Tyra initial
- Bralmund
Bral bold + mund protector
bold protector
- Bralthur
Bral bold + thur endurance
bold endurance
- Bralskar
Bral bold + skar notch
bold notch
- Tyraselja
Tyra bold + selja willow
bold willow
- Tyramund
Tyra bold + mund protector
bold protector
- Tyrasaga
Tyra bold + saga tale
bold tale
bald final · balda final
- Corvinbald
Corvin raven + bald bold
raven bold
- Fidbald
Fid faith + bald bold
faith bold
- Fortisbald
Fortis brave + bald bold
brave bold
- Aureabalda
Aurea gold + balda bold
gold bold
- Magnabalda
Magna great + balda bold
great bold
- Regiabalda
Regia royal + balda bold
royal bold
bald final
- Mossbald
Moss bog plant + bald bold
bog plant bold
- Wispbald
Wisp handful of hay + bald bold
handful of hay bold
- Gingerbald
Ginger horn root + bald bold
horn root bold
Thrasy initial
- Thrasyphormix
Thrasy bold + phormix lyre
bold lyre
- Thrasytoxeuma
Thrasy bold + toxeuma arrow shot
bold arrow shot
- Thrasyagros
Thrasy bold + agros field
bold field
Oth initial
- Othkir
Oth bold + kir keen
bold keen
- Othbrand
Oth bold + brand sword
bold sword
- Othheim
Oth bold + heim home
bold home
Bair initial
- Bairhael
Bair bold + hael healing
bold healing
- Bairmeleth
Bair bold + meleth love
bold love
- Bairwen
Bair bold + wen companion
bold companion
Bald initial
- Baldwald
Bald bold + wald rule
bold rule
- Baldher
Bald bold + her army
bold army
- Baldmann
Bald bold + mann man
bold man
Thrasy initial
- Thrasykles
Thrasy bold + kles fame
bold fame
- Thrasyphron
Thrasy bold + phron mind
bold mind
- Thrasyphilos
Thrasy bold + philos friend
bold friend
Bald initial
- Baldcuth
Bald bold + cuth known
bold known
- Baldmaer
Bald bold + maer famous
bold famous
- Baldwela
Bald bold + wela riches
bold riches
Bald initial
- Baldwick
Bald bold + wick outlying farm
bold outlying farm
- Baldhouse
Bald bold + house dwelling
bold dwelling
- Baldheart
Bald bold + heart courage
bold courage
bald final
- Durabald
Dura enduring + bald bold
enduring bold
- Ardebald
Arde burning + bald bold
burning bold
- Sanctibald
Sancti holy + bald bold
holy bold
the bold final
- Ralph the Bold
Ralph wolf counsel + the bold bold
wolf counsel, called the bold
- Rhys the Bold
Rhys ardour + the bold bold
ardour, called the bold
- Magnus the Bold
Magnus great + the bold bold
great, called the bold
The Bold initial
- The Bold Oak
The Bold bold + oak acorn tree
bold acorn tree
- The Bold Gate
The Bold bold + gate wall opening
bold wall opening
- The Bold Griffin
The Bold bold + griffin eagle-headed lion
bold eagle-headed lion
Hardi initial
- Hardi Matin
Hardi bold + Matin morning
bold morning
- Hardi Damoisel
Hardi bold + Damoisel young noble
bold young noble
- Hardi Bois
Hardi bold + Bois wood
bold wood
Bald initial
- Baldvard
Bald bold + vard guardian
bold guardian
- Baldfrid
Bald bold + frid peace
bold peace
- Baldulfr
Bald bold + ulfr wolf
bold wolf
Bald initial
- Baldtrack
Bald bold + track footprint trail
bold footprint trail
- Baldden
Bald bold + den wild lair
bold wild lair
- Baldulf
Bald bold + ulf wolf
bold wolf
Senses that travel together
Each of these shares at least two traditions with “bold”. 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.
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