“wild”
12 fragments across 11 traditions carry this sense. 10 of them open a name against 2 that close one, so this reads as a sense that leads.
Across the traditions
¶They are spread across 5 different families, from creatures 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, Minotaur, has 2.
Agrio initial · Agria initial
- Agriomochthos
Agrio wild + mochthos toil
wild toil
- Agrioponos
Agrio wild + ponos labour
wild labour
- Agriolaos
Agrio wild + laos war-host
wild war-host
- Agriasthena
Agria wild + sthena vigour
wild vigour
- Agriachaite
Agria wild + chaite mane
wild mane
- Agriadoxa
Agria wild + doxa repute
wild repute
Agrio initial
- Agriokranos
Agrio wild + kranos helmet
wild helmet
- Agriopyrsos
Agrio wild + pyrsos torch
wild torch
- Agrioaskos
Agrio wild + askos wineskin
wild wineskin
Yrsa initial
- Yrsagild
Yrsa wild + gild gilding
wild gilding
- Yrsathrud
Yrsa wild + thrud might
wild might
- Yrsasvala
Yrsa wild + svala swallow
wild swallow
Rav initial
- Ravvale
Rav wild + vale valley
wild valley
- Ravgrove
Rav wild + grove stand of trees
wild stand of trees
- Ravcrown
Rav wild + crown crown lands
wild crown lands
the wild final
- Malcolm the Wild
Malcolm servant of columba + the wild wild
servant of columba, called the wild
- Finn the Wild
Finn fair + the wild wild
fair, called the wild
- Roland the Wild
Roland famous land + the wild wild
famous land, called the wild
Brave initial
- Brave Gull
Brave wild + gull shore scavenger
wild shore scavenger
- Brave Destiny
Brave wild + destiny appointed end
wild appointed end
- Brave Voyager
Brave wild + voyager road traveller
wild road traveller
The Wild initial
- The Wild Ram
The Wild wild + ram male sheep
wild male sheep
- The Wild Sceptre
The Wild wild + sceptre ruler's staff
wild ruler's staff
- The Wild Griffin
The Wild wild + griffin eagle-headed lion
wild eagle-headed lion
Fera initial
- Feralumiere
Fera wild + lumiere lamplight
wild lamplight
- Feramatinee
Fera wild + matinee morning
wild morning
- Ferafueille
Fera wild + fueille leaf
wild leaf
Vil initial
- Vilkinn
Vil wild + kinn cheek
wild cheek
- Vilfot
Vil wild + fot foot
wild foot
- Vilsko
Vil wild + sko shoe
wild shoe
wyllt final
- Maelwyllt
Mael prince + wyllt wild
prince wild
- Twrwyllt
Twr tower + wyllt wild
tower wild
- Rhydwyllt
Rhyd ford + wyllt wild
ford wild
Wilda initial
- Wildamane
Wilda wild + mane neck hair
wild neck hair
- Wildasong
Wilda wild + song sung tune
wild sung tune
- Wildadusk
Wilda wild + dusk dark hour
wild dark hour
Senses that travel together
Each of these shares at least two traditions with “wild”. 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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