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“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

Reverse entry

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.

Knight


People

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

French


Real world

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

Dwarf


Fantasy races

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

Griffin


Creatures

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

Cat


People

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

D&D


Tabletop

Oth initial

  • Othrath

    Oth bold + rath fury

    bold fury

  • Othmont

    Oth bold + mont mountain

    bold mountain

  • Otharn

    Oth bold + arn eagle

    bold eagle

Elf


Fantasy races

Bair initial

  • Bairmar

    Bair bold + mar hearth

    bold hearth

  • Bairduil

    Bair bold + duil twilight

    bold twilight

  • Bairvir

    Bair bold + vir courage

    bold courage

German


Real world

Bald initial

  • Baldgott

    Bald bold + gott god

    bold god

  • Baldleib

    Bald bold + leib heir

    bold heir

  • Baldwin

    Bald bold + win friend

    bold friend

Greek


Real world

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

Paladin


Tabletop

bald final

  • Sevebald

    Seve stern + bald bold

    stern bold

  • Constabald

    Consta steadfast + bald bold

    steadfast bold

  • Vindibald

    Vindi avenging + bald bold

    avenging bold

Pirate


People

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

Ship


Objects

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

Tavern


Objects

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

Username


People

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

Viking


Real world

Bald initial

  • Baldrik

    Bald bold + rik mighty

    bold mighty

  • Baldleifr

    Bald bold + leifr heir

    bold heir

  • Baldrikr

    Bald bold + rikr mighty

    bold mighty

Werewolf


Creatures

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

See also

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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