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“fame”

12 fragments across 7 traditions carry this sense. 9 of them open a name against 3 that close one, so this reads as a sense that leads.

Across the traditions

Reverse entry

They cluster in 3 families, most of them real world. Knight carries the most, with 5 separate fragments for it — a tradition that needs this many words for one idea is telling you something about what it cares about.

Knight


People

Rob initial · Rog initial · Rol initial · rod final · Roh initial

  • Robmod

    Rob fame + mod courage

    fame courage

  • Robold

    Rob fame + old rule

    fame rule

  • Robbrand

    Rob fame + brand sword

    fame sword

  • Rogfort

    Rog fame + fort strong

    fame strong

  • Rogward

    Rog fame + ward guard

    fame guard

  • Rogric

    Rog fame + ric ruler

    fame ruler

  • Rolwig

    Rol fame + wig battle

    fame battle

  • Rolhelm

    Rol fame + helm helmet

    fame helmet

  • Rolbrand

    Rol fame + brand sword

    fame sword

  • Garrod

    Gar spear + rod fame

    spear fame

  • Gunrod

    Gun war + rod fame

    war fame

  • Ansrod

    Ans god + rod fame

    god fame

French


Real world

Clo initial · Clot initial

  • Cloet

    Clo fame + et little

    fame little

  • Cloaut

    Clo fame + aut rule

    fame rule

  • Clobert

    Clo fame + bert bright

    fame bright

  • Clotarde

    Clot fame + arde hardy

    fame hardy

  • Clotile

    Clot fame + ile battle

    fame battle

  • Clotgonde

    Clot fame + gonde war

    fame war

Centaur


Creatures

kleos final

  • Iatrokleos

    Iatro healing + kleos fame

    healing fame

  • Skiokleos

    Skio shadow + kleos fame

    shadow fame

  • Melikleos

    Meli honey + kleos fame

    honey fame

Greek


Real world

kles final

  • Agathokles

    Agatho good + kles fame

    good fame

  • Sosikles

    Sosi saving + kles fame

    saving fame

  • Timokles

    Timo honour + kles fame

    honour fame

Human


People

Hroth initial

  • Hrothos

    Hroth fame + os god

    fame god

  • Hrothwulf

    Hroth fame + wulf wolf

    fame wolf

  • Hrothbearn

    Hroth fame + bearn child

    fame child

Indian


Real world

Kirti initial

  • Kirtivardhan

    Kirti fame + vardhan increasing

    fame increasing

  • Kirtihans

    Kirti fame + hans swan

    fame swan

  • Kirtiranjan

    Kirti fame + ranjan pleasing

    fame pleasing

Viking


Real world

Hrod initial

  • Hrodvard

    Hrod fame + vard guardian

    fame guardian

  • Hrodthor

    Hrod fame + thor thunder

    fame thunder

  • Hrodgeirr

    Hrod fame + geirr spear

    fame spear

Senses that travel together

See also

Each of these shares at least two traditions with “fame”. 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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