“prickly bush”
12 fragments across 11 traditions carry this sense. They split 7 to 5 between opening and closing a name, which means it sits comfortably at either end.
Across the traditions
¶They are spread across 5 different families, from people 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, Fairy, has 2.
Brier initial · Briar initial
- Brierflight
Brier prickly bush + flight swift passage
prickly bush swift passage
- Briermote
Brier prickly bush + mote fine speck
prickly bush fine speck
- Brierbelle
Brier prickly bush + belle little one
prickly bush little one
- Briarsprout
Briar prickly bush + sprout fresh shoot
prickly bush fresh shoot
- Briarthread
Briar prickly bush + thread spun fibre
prickly bush spun fibre
- Briardust
Briar prickly bush + dust fine powder
prickly bush fine powder
Briar initial
- Briarwhisker
Briar prickly bush + whisker sweeping bristle
prickly bush sweeping bristle
- Briarwick
Briar prickly bush + wick dwelling
prickly bush dwelling
- Briarears
Briar prickly bush + ears listening pair
prickly bush listening pair
Briar initial
- Briarbrook
Briar prickly bush + brook small stream
prickly bush small stream
- Briarstar
Briar prickly bush + star distant fire
prickly bush distant fire
- Briarfield
Briar prickly bush + field open land
prickly bush open land
briar final
- Vellabriar
Vella vale + briar prickly bush
vale prickly bush
- Cloverbriar
Clover three leaves + briar prickly bush
three leaves prickly bush
- Sollabriar
Solla sunlit + briar prickly bush
sunlit prickly bush
Briar initial
- Briar Stables
Briar prickly bush + Stables standing place
prickly bush standing place
- Briar Court
Briar prickly bush + Court enclosed yard
prickly bush enclosed yard
- Briardale
Briar prickly bush + dale valley
prickly bush valley
Briar initial
- Briarcutter
Briar prickly bush + cutter carver
prickly bush carver
- Briarskin
Briar prickly bush + skin hide
prickly bush hide
- Briarwright
Briar prickly bush + wright maker
prickly bush maker
briar final
- Major Briar
Major greater + briar prickly bush
greater prickly bush
- Tundra Briar
Tundra treeless upland + briar prickly bush
treeless upland prickly bush
- Ibex Briar
Ibex mountain goat + briar prickly bush
mountain goat prickly bush
briar final
- Grimbriar
Grim fierce + briar prickly bush
fierce prickly bush
- Ivorybriar
Ivory elephant tusk + briar prickly bush
elephant tusk prickly bush
- Wrathbriar
Wrath twisted anger + briar prickly bush
twisted anger prickly bush
Briar initial
- Briarband
Briar prickly bush + band bound group
prickly bush bound group
- Briarhold
Briar prickly bush + hold stronghold
prickly bush stronghold
- Briarpride
Briar prickly bush + pride lion company
prickly bush lion company
briar final
- Brynbriar
Bryn hill + briar prickly bush
hill prickly bush
- Skadbriar
Skad shadow + briar prickly bush
shadow prickly bush
- Gunnbriar
Gunn battle + briar prickly bush
battle prickly bush
briar final
- Blaecbriar
Blaec black + briar prickly bush
black prickly bush
- Vervbriar
Verv vervain + briar prickly bush
vervain prickly bush
- Murkbriar
Murk darkness + briar prickly bush
darkness prickly bush
Senses that travel together
Each of these shares at least two traditions with “prickly bush”. 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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