Note 24 — Chapter I · The Early History—Before A. D. 843.
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It must always be remembered, that the change of name from Pict to Scot was originally merely the substitution of one arbitrarily applied name for another—a change in the names used by chroniclers and annalists, not by the people themselves. The names of Picti and Scoti may be compared with those of Germani and Alamanni, given arbitrarily to the people who called themselves by names which have now become Deutsch and Schwabe.