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“holy”

13 fragments across 10 traditions carry this sense. Every one of them opens a name; not a single tradition here uses this sense to close one.

Across the traditions

Reverse entry

They are spread across 6 different families, from real world 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, Griffin, has 2.

Griffin


Creatures

Sancti initial · Sancta initial

  • Sanctileud

    Sancti holy + leud people

    holy people

  • Sanctiraban

    Sancti holy + raban raven

    holy raven

  • Sanctiwin

    Sancti holy + win friend

    holy friend

  • Sanctagilda

    Sancta holy + gilda tribute

    holy tribute

  • Sanctalanda

    Sancta holy + landa land

    holy land

  • Sanctagard

    Sancta holy + gard enclosure

    holy enclosure

Paladin


Tabletop

Sancti initial · Sancta initial

  • Sanctiwig

    Sancti holy + wig combat

    holy combat

  • Sanctimod

    Sancti holy + mod courage

    holy courage

  • Sanctigis

    Sancti holy + gis pledge

    holy pledge

  • Sanctanara

    Sancta holy + nara flame

    holy flame

  • Sanctamunda

    Sancta holy + munda warding

    holy warding

  • Sanctalaude

    Sancta holy + laude praise

    holy praise

Russian


Real world

Oleg initial · Olga initial

  • Oleg Matveyevich

    Oleg holy + matveyevich son of Matvey

    holy, son of Matvey

  • Oleg Anatolyevich

    Oleg holy + anatolyevich son of Anatoly

    holy, son of Anatoly

  • Oleg Filippovich

    Oleg holy + filippovich son of Filipp

    holy, son of Filipp

  • Olga Yakovlevna

    Olga holy + yakovlevna daughter of Yakov

    holy, daughter of Yakov

  • Olga Bogdanovna

    Olga holy + bogdanovna daughter of Bogdan

    holy, daughter of Bogdan

  • Olga Fominichna

    Olga holy + fominichna daughter of Foma

    holy, daughter of Foma

Dwarf


Fantasy races

Helga initial

  • Helgarikka

    Helga holy + rikka ruler

    holy ruler

  • Helgavor

    Helga holy + vor careful

    holy careful

  • Helgalif

    Helga holy + lif life

    holy life

Elf


Fantasy races

Ala initial

  • Aladorn

    Ala holy + dorn tower

    holy tower

  • Alathal

    Ala holy + thal grove

    holy grove

  • Alaveth

    Ala holy + veth peace

    holy peace

French


Real world

Saint initial

  • Saintporte

    Saint holy + porte gate

    holy gate

  • Saintville

    Saint holy + ville town

    holy town

  • Saintroy

    Saint holy + roy king

    holy king

Island


Objects

Holy initial

  • Holyrock

    Holy holy + rock rock

    holy rock

  • Holybay

    Holy holy + bay bay

    holy bay

  • Holyey

    Holy holy + ey island

    holy island

Pirate


People

Helga initial

  • Helga Deepwater

    Helga holy + deepwater deep water

    holy, called the deep water

  • Helga Stormcrow

    Helga holy + stormcrow storm crow

    holy, called the storm crow

  • Helga the Lucky

    Helga holy + the lucky lucky

    holy, called the lucky

Vampire


Creatures

Helga initial

  • Helgadolch

    Helga holy + dolch dagger

    holy-dagger

  • Helgamira

    Helga holy + mira peace

    holy-peace

  • Helgaberga

    Helga holy + berga height

    holy-height

Viking


Real world

Helg initial

  • Helggest

    Helg holy + gest guest

    holy guest

  • Helggeirr

    Helg holy + geirr spear

    holy spear

  • Helgulfr

    Helg holy + ulfr wolf

    holy wolf

Senses that travel together

See also

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