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“noble”

22 fragments across 13 traditions carry this sense. 21 of them open a name against 1 that close one, so this reads as a sense that leads.

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. Knight carries the most, with 5 separate fragments for it — a tradition that needs this many words for one idea is telling you something about what it cares about.

Knight


People

Adal initial · Adel initial · Ala initial · Alis initial · Alar initial

  • Adalfrey

    Adal noble + frey peace

    noble peace

  • Adalrad

    Adal noble + rad counsel

    noble counsel

  • Adalold

    Adal noble + old rule

    noble rule

  • Adelereth

    Adel noble + ereth oath

    noble oath

  • Adelrude

    Adel noble + rude strength

    noble strength

  • Adelmunda

    Adel noble + munda protection

    noble protection

  • Alaecia

    Ala noble + ecia grace

    noble grace

  • Alasende

    Ala noble + sende path

    noble path

  • Alalind

    Ala noble + lind shield

    noble shield

  • Aliswenna

    Alis noble + wenna joy

    noble joy

  • Alisrude

    Alis noble + rude strength

    noble strength

  • Alisinde

    Alis noble + inde soft

    noble soft

French


Real world

Ad initial · Adel initial · Al initial

  • Adrade

    Ad noble + rade counsel

    noble counsel

  • Adeau

    Ad noble + eau little

    noble little

  • Adolf

    Ad noble + olf wolf

    noble wolf

  • Adeloul

    Adel noble + oul wolf

    noble wolf

  • Adelmund

    Adel noble + mund protection

    noble protection

  • Adelinot

    Adel noble + inot little

    noble little

  • Alaut

    Al noble + aut rule

    noble rule

  • Albaud

    Al noble + baud bold

    noble bold

  • Alrad

    Al noble + rad counsel

    noble counsel

Griffin


Creatures

Nobil initial · Nobila initial

  • Nobilswind

    Nobil noble + swind strong

    noble strong

  • Nobiltheod

    Nobil noble + theod nation

    noble nation

  • Nobilgang

    Nobil noble + gang course

    noble course

  • Nobilabranda

    Nobila noble + branda sword

    noble sword

  • Nobilatheoda

    Nobila noble + theoda nation

    noble nation

  • Nobilarabana

    Nobila noble + rabana raven

    noble raven

Japanese


Real world

Taka initial · Kimi initial

  • Takaya

    Taka noble + ya arrow

    noble arrow

  • Takaji

    Taka noble + ji second

    noble second

  • Takasaburo

    Taka noble + saburo third son

    noble third son

  • Kimiyu

    Kimi noble + yu gentle

    noble gentle

  • Kimisato

    Kimi noble + sato clever

    noble clever

  • Kimika

    Kimi noble + ka fragrance

    noble fragrance

Vampire


Creatures

Adel initial · ski final

  • Adeldan

    Adel noble + dan gift

    noble-gift

  • Adelbert

    Adel noble + bert bright

    noble-bright

  • Adelwehr

    Adel noble + wehr defence

    noble-defence

  • Ostrovski

    Ostrov sharp + ski noble

    sharp noble

  • Winterski

    Winter winter + ski noble

    winter noble

  • Eisenski

    Eisen iron + ski noble

    iron noble

Chinese


Real world

Jun initial

  • Junfei

    Jun noble + fei lush

    noble lush

  • Junying

    Jun noble + ying lustrous

    noble lustrous

  • Junbing

    Jun noble + bing ice

    noble ice

D&D


Tabletop

Ael initial

  • Aelelle

    Ael noble + elle bright

    noble bright

  • Aelmara

    Ael noble + mara sea

    noble sea

  • Aelith

    Ael noble + ith light

    noble light

Elf


Fantasy races

Ael initial

  • Aelquen

    Ael noble + quen speaker

    noble speaker

  • Aelfaen

    Ael noble + faen white

    noble white

  • Aelwain

    Ael noble + wain wind

    noble wind

German


Real world

Adal initial

  • Adalmut

    Adal noble + mut courage

    noble courage

  • Adalsieg

    Adal noble + sieg victory

    noble victory

  • Adalold

    Adal noble + old ruler

    noble ruler

Irish


Real world

Muad initial

  • Muadaird

    Muad noble + aird height

    noble height

  • Muadfinn

    Muad noble + finn blonde

    noble blonde

  • Muadower

    Muad noble + ower sallow

    noble sallow

Kingdom


Objects

Aeth initial

  • Aethhearth

    Aeth noble + hearth hearth

    noble hearth

  • Aethscar

    Aeth noble + scar cliff

    noble cliff

  • Aethland

    Aeth noble + land land

    noble land

Paladin


Tabletop

Nobi initial

  • Nobigaud

    Nobi noble + gaud joy

    noble joy

  • Nobithegn

    Nobi noble + thegn thane

    noble thane

  • Nobihart

    Nobi noble + hart stag

    noble stag

Pirate


People

Noble initial

  • Noble the Restless

    Noble noble + the restless restless

    noble, called the restless

  • Noble the Mad

    Noble noble + the mad mad

    noble, called the mad

  • Noble the Silent

    Noble noble + the silent silent

    noble, called the silent

Senses that travel together

See also

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