“ward”
13 fragments across 8 traditions carry this sense. 12 of them close a name against 1 that open one, so it usually lands as the second element.
Across the traditions
¶They are spread across 4 different families, from creatures outward, which is the mark of a sense so basic that almost every tradition needs a word for it. Wizard 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.
ban final · vane final · var final · ward final
- Volban
Vol scroll + ban ward
scroll ward
- Selban
Sel moon + ban ward
moon ward
- Elban
El star + ban ward
star ward
- Kalavane
Kala cold + vane ward
cold ward
- Bellavane
Bella bell + vane ward
bell ward
- Nemavane
Nema law + vane ward
law ward
- Ashvar
Ash ash + var ward
ash ward
- Pallvar
Pall pallor + var ward
pallor ward
- Delvvar
Delv delving + var ward
delving ward
- Mundward
Mund world + ward ward
world ward
- Cirward
Cir circle + ward ward
circle ward
- Gravward
Grav weight + ward ward
weight ward
var final · vara final
- Calvar
Cal summons + var ward
summons of the ward
- Spirvar
Spir breath + var ward
breath of the ward
- Heshvar
Hesh silence + var ward
silence of the ward
- Spirvara
Spir breath + vara ward
breath of the ward
- Thalvara
Thal deep + vara ward
deep of the ward
- Dorvara
Dor gate + vara ward
gate of the ward
gard final · ward final
- Verigard
Veri truth + gard ward
truth ward
- Ferregard
Ferre iron + gard ward
iron ward
- Parigard
Pari equal + gard ward
equal ward
- Shieldward
Shield shield + ward ward
shield ward
- Vigilward
Vigil vigil + ward ward
vigil ward
- Whiteward
White white + ward ward
white ward
ward final
- Stormward
Storm storm + ward ward
storm ward
- Wingward
Wing wing + ward ward
wing ward
- Gloryward
Glory glory + ward ward
glory ward
vareth final
- Aurethvareth
Aureth gold + vareth ward
gold ward
- Xyrionvareth
Xyrion crown + vareth ward
crown ward
- Solvaxvareth
Solvax sun + vareth ward
sun ward
Dral initial
- Dralkra
Dral ward + kra crowned
ward crowned
- Drallakha
Dral ward + lakha lithe
ward lithe
- Dralkira
Dral ward + kira spark
ward spark
imar final
- Narilimar
Naril nacre + imar ward
nacre ward
- Zepharimar
Zephar sea wind + imar ward
sea wind ward
- Arisimar
Aris spray + imar ward
spray ward
vara final
- Wilvara
Wil willow + vara ward
willow ward
- Ashvara
Ash spear wood + vara ward
spear wood ward
- Mosvara
Mos moss + vara ward
moss ward
Senses that travel together
Each of these shares at least two traditions with “ward”. 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.
Corpus under CC BY 4.0 — every fragment above has a stable anchor, so you can cite one entry rather than the whole site.