“dwelling”
10 fragments across 10 traditions carry this sense. 9 of them close a name against 1 that open one, so it usually lands as the second element.
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. No single tradition hoards it: the deepest, Castle, has 1.
mesnil final
- Grandmesnil
Grand great + mesnil dwelling
great dwelling
- Chesnemesnil
Chesne oak + mesnil dwelling
oak dwelling
- Fermesnil
Fer iron + mesnil dwelling
iron dwelling
wick final
- Amberwick
Amber fossil resin + wick dwelling
fossil resin dwelling
- Burrwick
Burr clinging seed + wick dwelling
clinging seed dwelling
- Sootwick
Soot settled smoke + wick dwelling
settled smoke dwelling
treba final
- Nouiotreba
Nouio new + treba dwelling
new dwelling
- Bodutreba
Bodu crow + treba dwelling
crow dwelling
- Medutreba
Medu mead + treba dwelling
mead dwelling
wick final
- Norwick
Nor north + wick dwelling
north dwelling
- Fenwick
Fen marsh + wick dwelling
marsh dwelling
- Zephwick
Zeph west wind + wick dwelling
west wind dwelling
Bod initial
- Bodtreath
Bod dwelling + treath strand
dwelling strand
- Bodshaw
Bod dwelling + shaw thicket
dwelling thicket
- Bodscar
Bod dwelling + scar cliff
dwelling cliff
beuf final
- Hautbeuf
Haut high + beuf dwelling
high dwelling
- Puybeuf
Puy peak + beuf dwelling
peak dwelling
- Braybeuf
Bray marsh + beuf dwelling
marsh dwelling
hus final
- Skyhus
Sky cloud + hus dwelling
cloud dwelling
- Einhus
Ein lone + hus dwelling
lone dwelling
- Talhus
Tal reckoning + hus dwelling
reckoning dwelling
house final
- Sternhouse
Stern severe + house dwelling
severe dwelling
- Goodhouse
Good worthy + house dwelling
worthy dwelling
- Truehouse
True loyal + house dwelling
loyal dwelling
house final
- Blue House
Blue sky-coloured + house dwelling
sky-coloured dwelling
- Night House
Night darkness + house dwelling
darkness dwelling
- Rough House
Rough coarse + house dwelling
coarse dwelling
wick final
- Whitwick
Whit white + wick dwelling
white dwelling
- Oakwick
Oak oak tree + wick dwelling
oak tree dwelling
- Ashwick
Ash ash tree + wick dwelling
ash tree dwelling
Senses that travel together
Each of these shares at least two traditions with “dwelling”. 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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