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“stronghold”

11 fragments across 10 traditions carry this sense. Every one of them closes a name — this is a sense traditions reach for at the end, not the beginning.

Across the traditions

Reverse entry

They are spread across 7 different families, from tabletop 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, Kingdom, has 2.

Kingdom


Objects

garde final · hold final

  • Yrgarde

    Yr yew + garde stronghold

    yew stronghold

  • Cairgarde

    Cair stone + garde stronghold

    stone stronghold

  • Irongarde

    Iron iron + garde stronghold

    iron stronghold

  • Gilhold

    Gil gilded + hold stronghold

    gilded stronghold

  • Jarhold

    Jar earl + hold stronghold

    earl stronghold

  • Eirhold

    Eir healing + hold stronghold

    healing stronghold

Drow


Fantasy races

ulvaen final

  • Drazzulvaen

    Drazz fang + ulvaen stronghold

    fang stronghold

  • Ulztulvaen

    Ulzt deep + ulvaen stronghold

    deep stronghold

  • Thrazulvaen

    Thraz bone + ulvaen stronghold

    bone stronghold

Druid


Tabletop

hold final

  • Frosthold

    Frost frozen dew + hold stronghold

    frozen dew stronghold

  • Harehold

    Hare grey runner + hold stronghold

    grey runner stronghold

  • Winterhold

    Winter wet season + hold stronghold

    wet season stronghold

French


Real world

fort final

  • Noirfort

    Noir black + fort stronghold

    black stronghold

  • Préfort

    Pré meadow + fort stronghold

    meadow stronghold

  • Montfort

    Mont mount + fort stronghold

    mount stronghold

Knight


People

fort final

  • Malfort

    Mal ill + fort stronghold

    ill stronghold

  • Grandfort

    Grand great + fort stronghold

    great stronghold

  • Longfort

    Long long + fort stronghold

    long stronghold

Paladin


Tabletop

fort final

  • Durafort

    Dura enduring + fort stronghold

    enduring stronghold

  • Pacifort

    Paci peace + fort stronghold

    peace stronghold

  • Probofort

    Probo upright + fort stronghold

    upright stronghold

Troll


Creatures

borga final

  • Tarnborga

    Tarn mountain pool + borga stronghold

    mountain pool stronghold

  • Delvborga

    Delv cave + borga stronghold

    cave stronghold

  • Nithborga

    Nith night mist + borga stronghold

    night mist stronghold

Vampire


Creatures

grod final

  • Maglagrod

    Magla fog + grod stronghold

    fog-stronghold

  • Weingrod

    Wein wine + grod stronghold

    wine-stronghold

  • Sengrod

    Sen dream + grod stronghold

    dream-stronghold

hold final

  • Sorrelhold

    Sorrel sour leaf + hold stronghold

    sour leaf stronghold

  • Marshhold

    Marsh standing water + hold stronghold

    standing water stronghold

  • Tidehold

    Tide turning sea + hold stronghold

    turning sea stronghold

Welsh


Real world

gaer final

  • Talgaer

    Tal brow + gaer stronghold

    brow stronghold

  • Sarngaer

    Sarn causeway + gaer stronghold

    causeway stronghold

  • Gwerngaer

    Gwern alder + gaer stronghold

    alder stronghold

Senses that travel together

See also

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