Ferceirtne, Ferche(i)rtne, Fercherdne, Fercertniu, Feircheirdne, Fer Cherdne
[Irish, man of precise crafts]
A personification of a descriptive idiom; the name may thus denote any number of admired personages in early Ireland, especially poets, the most cited (but not earliest) of whom is the bard of Cú Roí. See also FECCOL FERCHERTNE.
