Celtic BritainSociety for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1884 - 325 pages |
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Aedan afterwards Agricola Alban Alpin ancient Angles appears Aryan Atrebates Bæda Bæda's battle battle of Chester Belgic Bernicia Brigantes Britannia British Britons Brude Brythons Cadwallon Cæsar Caledonians called Cassivelaunos Catuvelauni Celtic Celtic language Celts century Chronicle Cismontane Cloth boards coast coins Columba Commios Constantine Crown 8vo Cumbrians Cunedda Cunobelinos Dalriad Scots defeat Deira district Dobunni Dumnonii Durotriges Dux Britanniarum Eadwine Eceni English Fortrenn Frith Gaul Gaulish genitive Gildas Goidelic Greek Gwledig inhabitants inscriptions invaders Ireland Irish island Kenneth king kingdom known Kymry land language Latin latter legions Maelgwn Manaw meaning meant Mearns mentioned native neighbourhood Nennius non-Celtic northern Northumbria Ordovices Oswiu Pictish Pictland Picts possibly princes probably province Ptolemy Pytheas race reign river Roman Roman Britain Saxon Scotland seems Severn Silures Skene's speaking supposed territory tribes Trinovantes Ungust Vacomagi Verturiones Wales Welsh word
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Page 239 - Ireland, and to distinguish these two sets of painted foes from one another Latin historians left the painted natives to be called Picti, as had been done before, and for the painted invaders from Ireland they retained, untranslated, a Celtic word of the same (or nearly the same) meaning, namely Scotti. Neither the Picts nor the Scotti probably owned these names, the former of which is to be traced to Roman authors, while the latter was probably given the invaders from Ireland by the Brythons, whose...