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“stag”

10 fragments across 9 traditions carry this sense. They split 5 to 5 between opening and closing a name, which means it sits comfortably at either end.

Across the traditions

Reverse entry

They are spread across 5 different families, from objects 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

hart final · harta final

  • Vichart

    Vic victory + hart stag

    victory stag

  • Unghart

    Ung claw + hart stag

    claw stag

  • Severhart

    Sever stern + hart stag

    stern stag

  • Argentaharta

    Argenta silver + harta stag

    silver stag

  • Fidaharta

    Fida faith + harta stag

    faith stag

  • Valaharta

    Vala strength + harta stag

    strength stag

City


Objects

Hart initial

  • Hartfen

    Hart stag + fen boggy ground

    stag boggy ground

  • Hartwold

    Hart stag + wold high woodland

    stag high woodland

  • Hartmouth

    Hart stag + mouth river mouth

    stag river mouth

D&D


Tabletop

hart final

  • Haldhart

    Hald guardian + hart stag

    guardian stag

  • Garhart

    Gar spear + hart stag

    spear stag

  • Varhart

    Var true + hart stag

    true stag

Dog


People

Buck initial

  • Bucker

    Buck stag + er maker

    stag maker

  • Buckbee

    Buck stag + bee hive worker

    stag hive worker

  • Buckbrook

    Buck stag + brook small stream

    stag small stream

Forest


Objects

Stag initial

  • Stagfrith

    Stag stag + frith scrub woodland

    stag scrub woodland

  • Stagpines

    Stag stag + pines pines

    stag pines

  • Stagelms

    Stag stag + elms elms

    stag elms

Irish


Real world

Dav initial

  • Davfinn

    Dav stag + finn blonde

    stag blonde

  • Davall

    Dav stag + all mighty

    stag mighty

  • Davboy

    Dav stag + boy yellow

    stag yellow

Hart initial

  • Hartford

    Hart stag + ford river crossing

    stag river crossing

  • Hartstone

    Hart stag + stone standing rock

    stag standing rock

  • Hartden

    Hart stag + den wooded valley

    stag wooded valley

Paladin


Tabletop

hart final

  • Caelehart

    Caele heaven + hart stag

    heaven stag

  • Fidehart

    Fide faithful + hart stag

    faithful stag

  • Constahart

    Consta steadfast + hart stag

    steadfast stag

Ship


Objects

stag final

  • Intrepid Stag

    Intrepid unshaken + stag stag

    unshaken stag

  • Restless Stag

    Restless restless + stag stag

    restless stag

  • Fortune Stag

    Fortune chance + stag stag

    chance stag

Senses that travel together

See also

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