“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
¶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.
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
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
kleos final
- Iatrokleos
Iatro healing + kleos fame
healing fame
- Skiokleos
Skio shadow + kleos fame
shadow fame
- Melikleos
Meli honey + kleos fame
honey fame
kles final
- Agathokles
Agatho good + kles fame
good fame
- Sosikles
Sosi saving + kles fame
saving fame
- Timokles
Timo honour + kles fame
honour fame
Hroth initial
- Hrothos
Hroth fame + os god
fame god
- Hrothwulf
Hroth fame + wulf wolf
fame wolf
- Hrothbearn
Hroth fame + bearn child
fame child
Kirti initial
- Kirtivardhan
Kirti fame + vardhan increasing
fame increasing
- Kirtihans
Kirti fame + hans swan
fame swan
- Kirtiranjan
Kirti fame + ranjan pleasing
fame pleasing
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
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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