Duncledames

• dunkel: (German) dark

• ducdame: Shakespeare, As You Like It 2.5.52 (see commentary below)

• Danes → dark Danes = Dubgaill (the blond has sought of the brune)

Commentary

Ducdame: in Act II Scene V of Shakespeare's As You Like It, Jaques sings a song that includes the line, "Ducdame, ducdame, ducdame". When he is finished, Amiens ask him, "What's that ducdame?", to which Jaques replies, "'Tis a Greek invocation to call fools into a circle."

Various derivations have been suggested for the word:

• dukrā mē: (Romany) "I tell fortunes"
• dewch 'da mi: (Welsh) "Come with me"
• duc ad me: (Latin) "Bring [him] to me"
• Duc' da mè: (Italian) "duke by myself" or "duke without a dukedom".
• dychymig dameg: (Welsh) "A riddle, a riddle" – a formula used by Welsh bards to introduce a riddling verse

Jacques is probably using the term Greek in a figurative sense, meaning "unintelligible" (as in, "It's all Greek to me!")