ken|ning

“failing light”

14 fragments across 14 traditions carry this sense. 13 of them open a name against 1 that close one, so this reads as a sense that leads.

Across the traditions

Reverse entry

They are spread across 6 different families, from tabletop 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, Assassin, has 1.

Assassin


Tabletop

Dusk initial

  • Dusklot

    Dusk failing light + lot a lot drawn

    failing light, a lot drawn

  • Dusklicence

    Dusk failing light + licence a licence granted

    failing light, a licence granted

  • Duskremit

    Dusk failing light + remit a remit fulfilled

    failing light, a remit fulfilled

Cat


People

Dusk initial

  • Dusktheod

    Dusk failing light + theod people

    failing light people

  • Duskrun

    Dusk failing light + run secret

    failing light secret

  • Dusknoth

    Dusk failing light + noth daring

    failing light daring

Dog


People

Dusk initial

  • Duskmoor

    Dusk failing light + moor barren upland

    failing light barren upland

  • Dusksy

    Dusk failing light + sy dear

    failing light dear

  • Duskvale

    Dusk failing light + vale dale

    failing light dale

Fairy


Fantasy races

Dusk initial

  • Duskdew

    Dusk failing light + dew morning wet

    failing light morning wet

  • Duskglimmer

    Dusk failing light + glimmer flickering spark

    failing light flickering spark

  • Duskring

    Dusk failing light + ring round band

    failing light round band

Forest


Objects

Dusk initial

  • Duskstubbing

    Dusk failing light + stubbing stump clearing

    failing light stump clearing

  • Duskwillows

    Dusk failing light + willows riverside trees

    failing light riverside trees

  • Dusksart

    Dusk failing light + sart assarted land

    failing light assarted land

Horse


People

dusk final

  • Golden Dusk

    Golden gleaming yellow + dusk failing light

    gleaming yellow failing light

  • Valiant Dusk

    Valiant worthy + dusk failing light

    worthy failing light

  • Fable Dusk

    Fable spoken tale + dusk failing light

    spoken tale failing light

Monk


Tabletop

Dusk initial

  • Duskgate

    Dusk failing light + gate way through

    failing light way through

  • Dusksole

    Dusk failing light + sole foot's base

    failing light foot's base

  • Duskknuckle

    Dusk failing light + knuckle finger bone

    failing light finger bone

Nickname


People

Dusk initial

  • Duskjaw

    Dusk failing light + jaw biting bone

    failing light biting bone

  • Duskwhisper

    Dusk failing light + whisper hushed voice

    failing light hushed voice

  • Duskheart

    Dusk failing light + heart courage

    failing light courage

Rogue


Tabletop

Dusk initial

  • Duskkey

    Dusk failing light + key lock opener

    failing light lock opener

  • Duskpin

    Dusk failing light + pin thin peg

    failing light thin peg

  • Dusksparrow

    Dusk failing light + sparrow brown chirper

    failing light brown chirper

Sorcerer


Tabletop

Dusk initial

  • Duskkin

    Dusk failing light + kin house member

    house member of the failing light

  • Duskwhelp

    Dusk failing light + whelp young beast

    young beast of the failing light

  • Duskline

    Dusk failing light + line descent

    descent of the failing light

Villain


People

Dusk initial

  • Duskthrone

    Dusk failing light + throne high seat

    failing light high seat

  • Duskquill

    Dusk failing light + quill feather pen

    failing light feather pen

  • Duskvelvet

    Dusk failing light + velvet shaggy pile

    failing light shaggy pile

Warlock


Tabletop

Dusk initial

  • Duskpaid

    Dusk failing light + paid settled up

    settled up to the failing light

  • Dusksworn

    Dusk failing light + sworn oath-bound

    oath-bound to the failing light

  • Dusksealed

    Dusk failing light + sealed closed under wax

    closed under wax to the failing light

Dusk initial

  • Duskkit

    Dusk failing light + kit cub

    failing light cub

  • Duskleaf

    Dusk failing light + leaf flat blade

    failing light flat blade

  • Dusksong

    Dusk failing light + song sung call

    failing light sung call

Werewolf


Creatures

Dusk initial

  • Duskscar

    Dusk failing light + scar healed wound

    failing light healed wound

  • Duskbane

    Dusk failing light + bane undoing

    failing light undoing

  • Duskson

    Dusk failing light + son male child

    failing light male child

Senses that travel together

See also

Each of these shares at least two traditions with “failing light”. 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.

Corpus under CC BY 4.0 — every fragment above has a stable anchor, so you can cite one entry rather than the whole site.