“might”
13 fragments across 7 traditions carry this sense. They split 6 to 7 between opening and closing a name, which means it sits comfortably at either end.
Across the traditions
¶They are spread across 4 different families, from real world outward, which is the mark of a sense so basic that almost every tradition needs a word for it. German carries the most, with 4 separate fragments for it — a tradition that needs this many words for one idea is telling you something about what it cares about.
Mecht initial · trud final · trude final · trudis final
- Mechthilt
Mecht might + hilt battle
might battle
- Mechttrude
Mecht might + trude might
might might
- Mechtgund
Mecht might + gund war
might war
- Irmtrud
Irm great + trud might
great might
- Erktrud
Erk genuine + trud might
genuine might
- Gebtrud
Geb gift + trud might
gift might
- Meintrude
Mein strength + trude might
strength might
- Fasttrude
Fast firm + trude might
firm might
- Kunitrude
Kuni kin + trude might
kin might
- Wintrudis
Win friend + trudis might
friend might
- Gundtrudis
Gund war + trudis might
war might
- Ottrudis
Ot wealth + trudis might
wealth might
Mah initial · Mat initial · Til initial
- Mahrun
Mah might + run secret
might secret
- Mahlinde
Mah might + linde soft
might soft
- Mahgarde
Mah might + garde enclosure
might enclosure
- Matine
Mat might + ine little
might little
- Matmunda
Mat might + munda protection
might protection
- Matelle
Mat might + elle little
might little
- Tilborga
Til might + borga fortress
might fortress
- Tilise
Til might + ise knowing
might knowing
- Tilnore
Til might + nore light
might light
sthenes final · sthenia final
- Akrosthenes
Akro topmost + sthenes might
topmost might
- Augosthenes
Augo ray + sthenes might
ray might
- Libanosthenes
Libano frankincense + sthenes might
frankincense might
- Zoiasthenia
Zoia life + sthenia might
life might
- Chroniasthenia
Chronia time + sthenia might
time might
- Anthrakasthenia
Anthraka coal + sthenia might
coal might
thrud final
- Solvathrud
Solva sun + thrud might
sun might
- Kollathrud
Kolla knoll + thrud might
knoll might
- Lodathrud
Loda ember + thrud might
ember might
Math initial
- Mathiette
Math might + iette little
might little
- Mathnande
Math might + nande daring
might daring
- Mathswinde
Math might + swinde strong
might strong
krates final
- Stratokrates
Strato army + krates might
army might
- Polykrates
Poly many + krates might
many might
- Thalassokrates
Thalasso sea + krates might
sea might
Mag initial
- Magtooth
Mag might + tooth the eater
might the eater
- Magkin
Mag might + kin family stock
might family stock
- Magulf
Mag might + ulf wolf
might wolf
Senses that travel together
Each of these shares at least two traditions with “might”. 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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