Name and Etymology
Senuna's name appears in various forms on the votive plaques, namely Senuna, Sena, and Senua. Conceivably it might be related to the Proto-Celtic *seno- 'old'.
Some commentators have drawn a parallel between the goddess's name and that of the river Senua mentioned in the Ravenna Cosmography. This river was located somewhere in southern Britain. Thomas G. Ikins suggests an identification with the River Alde, speculating that the river-name *sen- might have been translated to Anglo-Saxon ald.
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