Dufenal

Old English

Etymology

Name of Scottish kings and an early saint, from Old Irish Domnall or Proto-Brythonic *Duβnowal, from Proto-Celtic *Dubnowalos (“prince/chief of the world”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdu.fe.nɑl/, [ˈdu.ve.nɑl]

Proper noun

Dufenal m

  1. a male given name from Old Irish
    • The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle (E)
      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, Malcolm's brother, as king, and drove out all the English who had been with King Malcolm.
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