“might”
17 fragments across 11 traditions carry this sense. They split 7 to 10 between opening and closing a name, which means it sits comfortably at either end.
Across the traditions
¶They are spread across 4 different families, from real world outward, which is the mark of a sense so basic that almost every tradition needs a word for it. German 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.
Mecht initial · trud final · trude final · trudis final
- Mechthilt
Mecht might + hilt battle
might battle
- Mechttrude
Mecht might + trude might
might might
- Mechtgund
Mecht might + gund war
might war
- Irmtrud
Irm great + trud might
great might
- Erktrud
Erk genuine + trud might
genuine might
- Gebtrud
Geb gift + trud might
gift might
- Meintrude
Mein strength + trude might
strength might
- Fasttrude
Fast firm + trude might
firm might
- Kunitrude
Kuni kin + trude might
kin might
- Wintrudis
Win friend + trudis might
friend might
- Gundtrudis
Gund war + trudis might
war might
- Ottrudis
Ot wealth + trudis might
wealth might
Mah initial · Mat initial · Til initial
- Mahrun
Mah might + run secret
might secret
- Mahlinde
Mah might + linde soft
might soft
- Mahgarde
Mah might + garde enclosure
might enclosure
- Matine
Mat might + ine little
might little
- Matmunda
Mat might + munda protection
might protection
- Matelle
Mat might + elle little
might little
- Tilborga
Til might + borga fortress
might fortress
- Tilise
Til might + ise knowing
might knowing
- Tilnore
Til might + nore light
might light
sthenes final · sthenia final
- Akrosthenes
Akro topmost + sthenes might
topmost might
- Augosthenes
Augo ray + sthenes might
ray might
- Libanosthenes
Libano frankincense + sthenes might
frankincense might
- Zoiasthenia
Zoia life + sthenia might
life might
- Chroniasthenia
Chronia time + sthenia might
time might
- Anthrakasthenia
Anthraka coal + sthenia might
coal might
menes final
- Oxymenes
Oxy sharp + menes might
sharp might
- Kallimenes
Kalli beautiful + menes might
beautiful might
- Kartomenes
Karto strong + menes might
strong might
thrud final
- Mildrthrud
Mildr mild + thrud might
mild might
- Sigrthrud
Sigr victory + thrud might
victory might
- Unnathrud
Unna love + thrud might
love might
User initial
- Userakhet
User might + akhet of the horizon
might of the horizon
- Userhu
User might + hu of the utterance
might of the utterance
- Userdjet
User might + djet endures for ever
might endures for ever
Math initial
- Mathsinde
Math might + sinde journey
might journey
- Mathgonde
Math might + gonde war
might war
- Mathtraude
Math might + traude strength
might strength
krates final
- Diokrates
Dio divine + krates might
divine might
- Ambrokrates
Ambro immortal + krates might
immortal might
- Theokrates
Theo god + krates might
god might
thryd final
- Hygethryd
Hyge mind + thryd might
mind might
- Wilthryd
Wil will + thryd might
will might
- Wynthryd
Wyn joy + thryd might
joy might
menes final
- Alkomenes
Alko strength + menes might
strength might
- Dermomenes
Dermo hide + menes might
hide might
- Aichmomenes
Aichmo spear-point + menes might
spear-point might
Mag initial
- Magfell
Mag might + fell deadly cruel
might deadly cruel
- Magwrath
Mag might + wrath twisted anger
might twisted anger
- Maghunt
Mag might + hunt pursuit of game
might pursuit of game
Senses that travel together
Each of these shares at least two traditions with “might”. 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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