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“gleam”

10 fragments across 7 traditions carry this sense. They split 5 to 5 between opening and closing a name, which means it sits comfortably at either end.

Across the traditions

Reverse entry

They cluster in 3 families, most of them creatures. No single tradition hoards it: the deepest, Dragon, has 2.

Dragon


Creatures

vaen final · yris final

  • Thalyavaen

    Thalya thunder + vaen gleam

    thunder gleam

  • Lysaravaen

    Lysara shadow + vaen gleam

    shadow gleam

  • Kalyavaen

    Kalya crown + vaen gleam

    crown gleam

  • Draxulyris

    Draxul dread + yris gleam

    dread gleam

  • Kaeloxyris

    Kaelox void + yris gleam

    void gleam

  • Ghoraxyris

    Ghorax gore + yris gleam

    gore gleam

Elf


Fantasy races

thil final · Glin initial

  • Felathil

    Fela soft + thil gleam

    soft gleam

  • Aelithil

    Aeli graceful + thil gleam

    graceful gleam

  • Elethil

    Ele star + thil gleam

    star gleam

  • Glinquel

    Glin gleam + quel high

    gleam high

  • Glinros

    Glin gleam + ros foam

    gleam foam

  • Glintor

    Glin gleam + tor peak

    gleam peak

Phoenix


Creatures

Phengo initial · Phengia initial

  • Phengomachos

    Phengo gleam + machos fighter

    gleam fighter

  • Phengoxenos

    Phengo gleam + xenos guest

    gleam guest

  • Phengokles

    Phengo gleam + kles glory

    gleam glory

  • Phengiakephale

    Phengia gleam + kephale head

    gleam head

  • Phengiathea

    Phengia gleam + thea divine

    gleam divine

  • Phengiastratia

    Phengia gleam + stratia army

    gleam army

Bard


Tabletop

glin final

  • Miraglin

    Mira wonder + glin gleam

    wonder gleam

  • Ivoglin

    Ivo ivy + glin gleam

    ivy gleam

  • Sologlin

    Solo alone + glin gleam

    alone gleam

Dragonborn


Fantasy races

Bes initial

  • Besvra

    Bes gleam + vra fierce

    gleam fierce

  • Beskha

    Bes gleam + kha honoured

    gleam honoured

  • Besvokha

    Bes gleam + vokha loud

    gleam loud

Kraken


Creatures

skima final

  • Sandaskima

    Sanda sandy + skima gleam

    sandy gleam

  • Kolgaskima

    Kolga cool wave + skima gleam

    cool wave gleam

  • Hefringskima

    Hefring lifting + skima gleam

    lifting gleam

Rogue


Tabletop

Brill initial

  • Brillcut

    Brill gleam + cut slash

    gleam slash

  • Brillweb

    Brill gleam + web woven web

    gleam woven web

  • Brillthorn

    Brill gleam + thorn sharp spine

    gleam sharp spine

Senses that travel together

See also

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