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Dufenal
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Old English
Etymology
Name of Scottish kings and an early saint, from ang sga Domnall or ang cel-bry-pro *Duβnowal, from ang cel-pro *Dubnowalos prince/chief of the world.
Pronunciation
Dufenal
Proper noun
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ang male Old Irish
The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle (E)
ang Þa Scottas þa Dufenal to cynge gecuron, Melcolmes broðer, ⁊ ealle þa Englisce ut adræfdon þe ær mid þam cynge Melcolme wæron. The Scots then chose Donald III of Scotland Donald, Malcolm's brother, as king, and drove out all the English who had been with King Malcolm.