scotic การใช้
- Whaley suggests that the personal name interpretation is incorrect, but notes that the Victoria County History " deemed it'not disputed that the family of the Scotic ruler, Bueth or Boet, held its own against the Norman intruder', with possession of the barony of Gillesland, for fifty years after the Norman Conquest ."
- Mac Eocada is usually translated as " horseman, " but sometimes " possession of horses . " John O'Hart says that Eachach means " having many horses . " David F . Dale, always an independent and innovative scholar, says Eochaid " derives probably from a phrase which means a'descendant of the horse'ie Eoch-aidh . " The Ancient Origins of the Scots, Part I, 5.6 Scotic Settlement and the Horse " Goddess ", by David Dale.