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Re: 'Duergar' is not Celtic but Germanic.
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"What’s in a Name??
As early as 1279, we have a documentary reference to ‘Simundessete’; by 1580 this had become ‘Simontside’, and it is thought by many that this is a corruption of ‘Sigemund’s - (ge)set, seat or settlement’. W.W. Tomlinson, writing in his ‘Comprehensive Guide to Northumberland’ in 1916 mentions ‘Simon’s sete or settlement’ and goes on to say the “Simon of mythology was, it seems a domestic brewer to King Arthur, identical with the German Sigmund, and very fond of killing dragoons.” Unfortunately there appears to be no Sir Simon in Arthurian legend and it might be that this is a very late association made by the Victorians. It has also been suggested that the name may come from ‘seaman’s sight’ - the fact that the hills can be seen by mariners at sea!"

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fitzcoraldo
Posted by fitzcoraldo
16th April 2007ce
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Re: 'Duergar' is not Celtic but Germanic. (Dvergish_King)

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'Duergar' is both Celtic and Germanic? (Hob)

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