“bold”
24 fragments across 17 traditions carry this sense. They split 16 to 8 between opening and closing a name, which means it sits comfortably at either end.
Across the traditions
¶They are spread across 6 different families, from people outward, which is the mark of a sense so basic that almost every tradition needs a word for it. Knight 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.
Bald initial · Con initial · ault final · Cund initial
- Baldfort
Bald bold + fort strong
bold strong
- Baldfred
Bald bold + fred peace
bold peace
- Baldhelm
Bald bold + helm helmet
bold helmet
- Conland
Con bold + land land
bold land
- Conon
Con bold + on great
bold great
- Conaume
Con bold + aume helmet
bold helmet
- Baldault
Bald bold + ault bold
bold bold
- Sigault
Sig victory + ault bold
victory bold
- Ricault
Ric ruler + ault bold
ruler bold
- Cundgis
Cund bold + gis pledge
bold pledge
- Cundent
Cund bold + ent bearing
bold bearing
- Cundrod
Cund bold + rod fame
bold fame
Baud initial · bald final · bault final
- Baudmand
Baud bold + mand man
bold man
- Baudram
Baud bold + ram raven
bold raven
- Baudinot
Baud bold + inot little
bold little
- Paulbald
Paul small + bald bold
small bold
- Edbald
Ed wealth + bald bold
wealth bold
- Adbald
Ad noble + bald bold
noble bold
- Fredbault
Fred peace + bault bold
peace bold
- Rombault
Rom of Rome + bault bold
of Rome bold
- Franbault
Fran free + bault bold
free bold
Bral initial · Tyra initial
- Bralmund
Bral bold + mund protector
bold protector
- Bralthur
Bral bold + thur endurance
bold endurance
- Bralskar
Bral bold + skar scar
bold scar
- Tyraselja
Tyra bold + selja willow
bold willow
- Tyramund
Tyra bold + mund protector
bold protector
- Tyrasaga
Tyra bold + saga tale
bold tale
bald final · balda final
- Corvinbald
Corvin raven + bald bold
raven bold
- Fidbald
Fid faith + bald bold
faith bold
- Fortisbald
Fortis brave + bald bold
brave bold
- Aureabalda
Aurea gold + balda bold
gold bold
- Magnabalda
Magna great + balda bold
great bold
- Regiabalda
Regia royal + balda bold
royal bold
bald final
- Mossbald
Moss bog plant + bald bold
bog plant bold
- Wispbald
Wisp handful of hay + bald bold
handful of hay bold
- Gingerbald
Ginger horn root + bald bold
horn root bold
Oth initial
- Othrath
Oth bold + rath fury
bold fury
- Othmont
Oth bold + mont mountain
bold mountain
- Otharn
Oth bold + arn eagle
bold eagle
Bair initial
- Bairmar
Bair bold + mar hearth
bold hearth
- Bairduil
Bair bold + duil twilight
bold twilight
- Bairvir
Bair bold + vir courage
bold courage
Bald initial
- Baldgott
Bald bold + gott god
bold god
- Baldleib
Bald bold + leib heir
bold heir
- Baldwin
Bald bold + win friend
bold friend
Thrasy initial
- Thrasykydes
Thrasy bold + kydes renown
bold renown
- Thrasysthenes
Thrasy bold + sthenes strength
bold strength
- Thrasyphron
Thrasy bold + phron mind
bold mind
Bald initial
- Baldbank
Bald bold + bank slope
bold slope
- Baldheart
Bald bold + heart courage
bold courage
- Baldbridge
Bald bold + bridge water crossing
bold water crossing
bald final
- Sevebald
Seve stern + bald bold
stern bold
- Constabald
Consta steadfast + bald bold
steadfast bold
- Vindibald
Vindi avenging + bald bold
avenging bold
the bold final
- Luc the Bold
Luc light + the bold bold
light, called the bold
- Rhys the Bold
Rhys ardour + the bold bold
ardour, called the bold
- Ezra the Bold
Ezra help + the bold bold
help, called the bold
Bold initial
- Bold Unity
Bold bold + unity oneness
bold oneness
- Bold Pilgrim
Bold bold + pilgrim foreigner
bold foreigner
- Bold Wolf
Bold bold + wolf wolf
bold wolf
The Bold initial
- The Bold Crow
The Bold bold + crow cawing bird
bold cawing bird
- The Bold Thistle
The Bold bold + thistle prickly plant
bold prickly plant
- The Bold Glove
The Bold bold + glove palm cover
bold palm cover
Bold initial
- Boldorchard
Bold bold + orchard plant yard
bold plant yard
- Boldwillow
Bold bold + willow willow
bold willow
- Boldbison
Bold bold + bison bison
bold bison
Bald initial
- Baldrik
Bald bold + rik mighty
bold mighty
- Baldleifr
Bald bold + leifr heir
bold heir
- Baldrikr
Bald bold + rikr mighty
bold mighty
Bald initial
- Baldfell
Bald bold + fell deadly cruel
bold deadly cruel
- Baldvar
Bald bold + var watchful
bold watchful
- Baldfang
Bald bold + fang seizing tooth
bold seizing tooth
Senses that travel together
Each of these shares at least two traditions with “bold”. 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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