“mound”
10 fragments across 9 traditions carry this sense. 8 of them close a name against 2 that open one, so it usually lands as the second element.
Across the traditions
¶They are spread across 5 different families, from tabletop outward, which is the mark of a sense so basic that almost every tradition needs a word for it. No single tradition hoards it: the deepest, Halfling, has 2.
low final · barrow final
- Tamlow
Tam homely + low mound
homely mound
- Oatlow
Oat oats + low mound
oats mound
- Piplow
Pip seed + low mound
seed mound
- Cornbarrow
Corn grain + barrow mound
grain mound
- Thistlebarrow
Thistle spiny + barrow mound
spiny mound
- Butterbarrow
Butter churned + barrow mound
churned mound
haug final
- Sokkhaug
Sokk sought + haug mound
sought the mound
- Kaldhaug
Kald called + haug mound
called the mound
- Waldhaug
Wald ruled + haug mound
ruled the mound
barrow final
- Kesbarrow
Kes kestrel + barrow mound
kestrel mound
- Larkbarrow
Lark morning songbird + barrow mound
morning songbird mound
- Hollowbarrow
Hollow sunken place + barrow mound
sunken place mound
howe final
- Bethhowe
Beth birch + howe mound
birch mound
- Hearnhowe
Hearn antler + howe mound
antler mound
- Tarnhowe
Tarn mountain lake + howe mound
mountain lake mound
Haug initial
- Haugrot
Haug mound + rot root
mound root
- Haugferd
Haug mound + ferd journey
mound journey
- Haugstrom
Haug mound + strom current
mound current
tsuka final
- Kumatsuka
Kuma bear + tsuka mound
bear mound
- Yamatsuka
Yama mountain + tsuka mound
mountain mound
- Nishitsuka
Nishi west + tsuka mound
west mound
Tor initial
- Torgall
Tor mound + gall stranger
mound stranger
- Tordale
Tor mound + dale dell
mound dell
- Torbost
Tor mound + bost farmstead
mound farmstead
low final
- Blacklow
Black burnt dark + low mound
burnt dark mound
- Thornlow
Thorn thorn tree + low mound
thorn tree mound
- Norlow
Nor north + low mound
north mound
how final
- Gorsehow
Gorse spiny yellow shrub + how mound
spiny yellow shrub mound
- Potterhow
Potter potter's + how mound
potter's mound
- Sorrelhow
Sorrel sour-leaved herb + how mound
sour-leaved herb mound
Senses that travel together
Each of these shares at least two traditions with “mound”. 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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