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“moor”

10 fragments across 9 traditions carry this sense. 7 of them open a name against 3 that close one, so this reads as a sense that leads.

Across the traditions

Reverse entry

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. No single tradition hoards it: the deepest, Druid, has 2.

Druid


Tabletop

Ros initial · Mora initial

  • Rosmynd

    Ros moor + mynd moorland

    moor moorland

  • Rosorn

    Ros moor + orn spur

    moor spur

  • Rosknock

    Ros moor + knock knoll

    moor knoll

  • Moramist

    Mora moor + mist fine haze

    moor fine haze

  • Morabracken

    Mora moor + bracken coarse frond

    moor coarse frond

  • Morabough

    Mora moor + bough branching arm

    moor branching arm

D&D


Tabletop

moor final

  • Peatmoor

    Peat peat + moor moor

    peat moor

  • Rimemoor

    Rime frost + moor moor

    frost moor

  • Embermoor

    Ember ember + moor moor

    ember moor

French


Real world

Lande initial

  • Landevigne

    Lande moor + vigne vine

    moor vine

  • Landemont

    Lande moor + mont mount

    moor mount

  • Landecour

    Lande moor + cour courtyard

    moor courtyard

Scottish


Real world

muir final

  • Dunmuir

    Dun fort + muir moor

    fort moor

  • Dailmuir

    Dail field + muir moor

    field moor

  • Trenmuir

    Tren strong + muir moor

    strong moor

Troll


Creatures

Mor initial

  • Morchunn

    Mor moor + chunn chewer

    moor chewer

  • Morokk

    Mor moor + okk eye

    moor eye

  • Morborr

    Mor moor + borr son

    moor son

Vampire


Creatures

moor final

  • Weissmoor

    Weiss white + moor moor

    white-moor

  • Dolinamoor

    Dolina valley + moor moor

    valley-moor

  • Blaumoor

    Blau blue + moor moor

    blue-moor

Welsh


Real world

Rhos initial

  • Rhosfach

    Rhos moor + fach small

    moor small

  • Rhosudd

    Rhos moor + udd lord

    moor lord

  • Rhoslyn

    Rhos moor + lyn pool

    moor pool

Werewolf


Creatures

Mor initial

  • Mormuzzle

    Mor moor + muzzle snout

    moor snout

  • Morfang

    Mor moor + fang seizing tooth

    moor seizing tooth

  • Morbreath

    Mor moor + breath living air

    moor living air

Witch


People

Mor initial

  • Morrose

    Mor moor + rose thorned bloom

    moor thorned bloom

  • Morsha

    Mor moor + sha shade

    moor shade

  • Morlin

    Mor moor + lin pool

    moor pool

Senses that travel together

See also

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