“clearing”
10 fragments across 10 traditions carry this sense. Every one of them closes a name — this is a sense traditions reach for at the end, not the beginning.
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, Cat, has 1.
ley final
- Steelley
Steel hardened iron + ley clearing
hardened iron clearing
- Duskley
Dusk failing light + ley clearing
failing light clearing
- Wispley
Wisp handful of hay + ley clearing
handful of hay clearing
leigh final
- Rushleigh
Rush rushes + leigh clearing
rushes clearing
- Hayleigh
Hay hay + leigh clearing
hay clearing
- Birchleigh
Birch birch tree + leigh clearing
birch tree clearing
lann final
- Ollann
Oll ancient + lann clearing
ancient clearing
- Maellann
Mael chief + lann clearing
chief clearing
- Morlann
Mor great + lann clearing
great clearing
glade final
- Briarglade
Briar briars + glade clearing
briars clearing
- Greenglade
Green green + glade clearing
green clearing
- Wildcatglade
Wildcat wildcats + glade clearing
wildcats clearing
rath final
- Reinrath
Rein pure + rath clearing
pure clearing
- Burgrath
Burg castle + rath clearing
castle clearing
- Feldrath
Feld field + rath clearing
field clearing
ley final
- Barley
Bar barley + ley clearing
barley clearing
- Yarley
Yar yarrow + ley clearing
yarrow clearing
- Budley
Bud shoot + ley clearing
shoot clearing
sart final
- Puysart
Puy peak + sart clearing
peak clearing
- Belsart
Bel fair + sart clearing
fair clearing
- Noirsart
Noir black + sart clearing
black clearing
thwaite final
- Swiftthwaite
Swift fast moving + thwaite clearing
fast moving clearing
- Brightthwaite
Bright shining + thwaite clearing
shining clearing
- Armthwaite
Arm strong arm + thwaite clearing
strong arm clearing
thwaite final
- Caththwaite
Cath battle + thwaite clearing
battle clearing
- Roythwaite
Roy red-haired + thwaite clearing
red-haired clearing
- Duffthwaite
Duff black + thwaite clearing
black clearing
ley final
- Brackley
Brack bracken + ley clearing
bracken clearing
- Dunley
Dun hill + ley clearing
hill clearing
- Bramley
Bram broom + ley clearing
broom clearing
Senses that travel together
Each of these shares at least two traditions with “clearing”. 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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