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“gleam”

10 fragments across 6 traditions carry this sense. They split 5 to 5 between opening and closing a name, which means it sits comfortably at either end.

Across the traditions

Reverse entry

They cluster in 3 families, most of them fantasy races. No single tradition hoards it: the deepest, Elf, has 3.

Elf


Fantasy races

thil final · Glin initial · gleam final

  • Nimathil

    Nima pale + thil gleam

    pale gleam

  • Galathil

    Gala radiant + thil gleam

    radiant gleam

  • Faethil

    Fae spirit + thil gleam

    spirit gleam

  • Glinfaer

    Glin gleam + faer spirit

    gleam spirit

  • Glinleth

    Glin gleam + leth veil

    gleam veil

  • Glingwen

    Glin gleam + gwen white

    gleam white

  • Ambergleam

    Amber amber + gleam gleam

    amber gleam

  • Moongleam

    Moon moon + gleam gleam

    moon gleam

  • Rivergleam

    River river + gleam gleam

    river gleam

Dragon


Creatures

vaen final · yris final

  • Quyravaen

    Quyra hush + vaen gleam

    hush gleam

  • Sylvyavaen

    Sylvya wind + vaen gleam

    wind gleam

  • Xandravaen

    Xandra gold + vaen gleam

    gold gleam

  • Malzoryris

    Malzor bane + yris gleam

    bane gleam

  • Noctyxyris

    Noctyx night + yris gleam

    night gleam

  • Grimyxyris

    Grimyx gloom + yris gleam

    gloom gleam

Phoenix


Creatures

Phengo initial · Phengia initial

  • Phengokephalos

    Phengo gleam + kephalos head

    gleam head

  • Phengotheos

    Phengo gleam + theos god

    gleam god

  • Phengosthenes

    Phengo gleam + sthenes might

    gleam might

  • Phengiapatra

    Phengia gleam + patra father

    gleam father

  • Phengiamelia

    Phengia gleam + melia song

    gleam song

  • Phengiatelia

    Phengia gleam + telia completion

    gleam completion

Bard


Tabletop

glin final

  • Liraglin

    Lira lyre + glin gleam

    lyre gleam

  • Canoglin

    Cano singing + glin gleam

    singing gleam

  • Valoglin

    Valo valour + glin gleam

    valour gleam

Dragonborn


Fantasy races

Bes initial

  • Beskira

    Bes gleam + kira spark

    gleam spark

  • Bessra

    Bes gleam + sra silent

    gleam silent

  • Bespa

    Bes gleam + pa mailed

    gleam mailed

Rogue


Tabletop

Brill initial

  • Brillcut

    Brill gleam + cut slash

    gleam slash

  • Brillace

    Brill gleam + lace woven web

    gleam woven web

  • Brillthorn

    Brill gleam + thorn sharp spine

    gleam sharp spine

Senses that travel together

See also

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