“heir”
12 fragments across 7 traditions carry this sense. 11 of them close a name against 1 that open one, so it usually lands as the second element.
Across the traditions
¶They cluster in 2 families, most of them creatures. No single tradition hoards it: the deepest, Viking, has 3.
leif final · leifr final · leifa final
- Baldleif
Bald bold + leif heir
bold heir
- Thjodleif
Thjod people + leif heir
people heir
- Dagleif
Dag day + leif heir
day heir
- Saeleifr
Sae sea + leifr heir
sea heir
- Harleifr
Har army + leifr heir
army heir
- Ragnleifr
Ragn the gods + leifr heir
the gods heir
- Audleifa
Aud wealth + leifa heir
wealth heir
- Holmleifa
Holm islet + leifa heir
islet heir
- Kolleifa
Kol coal + leifa heir
coal heir
leib final · lef final
- Eberleib
Eber boar + leib heir
boar heir
- Willeib
Wil will + leib heir
will heir
- Bertleib
Bert bright + leib heir
bright heir
- Burklef
Burk fortress + lef heir
fortress heir
- Gerlef
Ger spear + lef heir
spear heir
- Landlef
Land land + lef heir
land heir
leif final · leifa final
- Montileif
Monti mountain + leif heir
mountain heir
- Fortisleif
Fortis brave + leif heir
brave heir
- Clarleif
Clar bright + leif heir
bright heir
- Dextraleifa
Dextra right hand + leifa heir
right hand heir
- Acrialeifa
Acria sharp + leifa heir
sharp heir
- Rostraleifa
Rostra beak + leifa heir
beak heir
ion final · iana final
- Varelion
Varel wake + ion heir
wake heir
- Irynion
Iryn ripple + ion heir
ripple heir
- Galenion
Galen calm + ion heir
calm heir
- Kaelisiana
Kaelis flow + iana heir
flow heir
- Orieliana
Oriel sunrise + iana heir
sunrise heir
- Lunariana
Lunar moon pull + iana heir
moon pull heir
arion final
- Noctyxarion
Noctyx night + arion heir
night heir
- Rhyzorarion
Rhyzor root + arion heir
root heir
- Ghoraxarion
Ghorax gore + arion heir
gore heir
ovic final
- Kaltovic
Kalt cold + ovic heir
cold-heir
- Casovic
Cas time + ovic heir
time-heir
- Krovovic
Krov lifeblood + ovic heir
lifeblood-heir
Leif initial
- Leifhowl
Leif heir + howl long cry
heir long cry
- Leifmuzzle
Leif heir + muzzle snout
heir snout
- Leifstorm
Leif heir + storm violent weather
heir violent weather
Senses that travel together
Each of these shares at least two traditions with “heir”. 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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