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OP Today wow suggested "halcyon" as part of a name for an estate. The etymology is interesting, and taken from the Burnside site in URL inselpeter gave.
Halcyon is now seen only in the idiom "the halcyon days" although it was once used as a verb. It is generally used as referring to days distant and more pleasant, shrouded in the contentment of selective memory. Properly used, it refers to the 14 days of calm weather at sea which, according to Greek legend, interrupt the storms of mid-Winter. It comes from hals (salt, or the sea) and kuo (to brood on). According to Greek legend, the kingfisher makes its nest on the water and hatches its eggs during the 14 days of calm at mid-Winter. Properly used, halcyon means the tranquil spell surrounding the Winter solstice.
The same site gives etymology of word clue, but it is too long to include here.
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