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Derna

Deniu the Healer

Deniu was a long-lived dunnish Healer and Priestess of Dunfearn's famous Healer's Hall.She was the grandmother of Iweriadd Gwynn the young.

Etymology[]

Original form: Derna = Deniu


Dernas Name seems to be derived from early irish Derna, palm (of the Hand).If a welsh form should be chosen to replace the name, Dwrn, "fist", could be a possibility or the actual welsh female name Den(y)w, "slender".

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