“dread”
16 fragments across 9 traditions carry this sense. 13 of them open a name against 3 that close one, so this reads as a sense that leads.
Across the traditions
¶They are spread across 4 different families, from fantasy races 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, Orc, has 3.
ug final · Draka initial · Draz initial
- Torgug
Torg tusk + ug dread
tusk dread
- Magug
Mag strong + ug dread
strong dread
- Shargug
Sharg fierce + ug dread
fierce dread
- Drakamak
Draka dread + mak maker
dread maker
- Drakanar
Draka dread + nar fire
dread fire
- Drakaruz
Draka dread + ruz war
dread war
- Drazgul
Draz dread + gul hunger
dread hunger
- Draznar
Draz dread + nar fire
dread fire
- Drazstok
Draz dread + stok stump
dread stump
Drez initial · Drev initial
- Drezora
Drez dread + ora furnace
dread of the furnace
- Drezosa
Drez dread + osa bone
dread of the bone
- Drezasa
Drez dread + asa cinders
dread of the cinders
- Drevist
Drev dread + ist mist
dread of the mist
- Drevokt
Drev dread + okt night
dread of the night
- Drevux
Drev dread + ux husk
dread of the husk
Xerak initial · Draxul initial
- Xerakyth
Xerak dread + yth deep
dread deep
- Xeraktax
Xerak dread + tax scourge
dread scourge
- Xerakmor
Xerak dread + mor death
dread death
- Draxulnagor
Draxul dread + nagor serpent
dread serpent
- Draxulhelion
Draxul dread + helion sun
dread sun
- Draxulosyth
Draxul dread + osyth wing
dread wing
Morth initial · Mor initial
- Morthdar
Morth dread + dar keeper
dread keeper
- Morthnokh
Morth dread + nokh sudden
dread sudden
- Morthshen
Morth dread + shen young
dread young
- Morundar
Mor dread + undar deep vault
dread deep vault
- Morumar
Mor dread + umar long memory
dread long memory
- Morenkar
Mor dread + enkar war road
dread war road
Dred initial · Drey initial
- Dredrath
Dred dread + rath wrath
dread of the wrath
- Dredath
Dred dread + ath heights
dread of the heights
- Dredith
Dred dread + ith root
dread of the root
- Dreyzotha
Drey dread + zotha void
dread of the void
- Dreymira
Drey dread + mira mirror
dread of the mirror
- Dreynatha
Drey dread + natha depth
dread of the depth
imor final · imae final
- Averimor
Aver averted + imor dread
averted dread
- Pheronimor
Pheron bearing + imor dread
bearing dread
- Evrenimor
Evren evening + imor dread
evening dread
- Fumisimae
Fumis smoke + imae dread
smoke dread
- Nectisimae
Nectis honeyed + imae dread
honeyed dread
- Cerilimae
Ceril waxen + imae dread
waxen dread
Morz initial
- Morzozza
Morz dread + ozza dust
dread dust
- Morzindra
Morz dread + indra descended
dread descended
- Morzomryth
Morz dread + omryth counted
dread counted
Ot initial
- Otsteinn
Ot dread + steinn stone
dread stone
- Otkell
Ot dread + kell helmet
dread helmet
- Otormr
Ot dread + ormr serpent
dread serpent
Dern initial
- Derndra
Dern dread + dra thread
dread thread
- Dernanna
Dern dread + anna grace
dread grace
- Dernwyn
Dern dread + wyn joy
dread joy
Senses that travel together
Each of these shares at least two traditions with “dread”. 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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