[64] Pike’s English and their Origin, ch. ii., which contains some shrewd and valuable remarks on the subject of language.
[65] Burton, vol. i. p. 192.
| Chalmers for Celtic, | Pinkerton for Gothic, | Jamieson, “Teutonic Etymons.” | |
| Drust | Probably the British name Trwst, which signifies din. | Drust, a common Pikish name, is also Persian, and signifies sincerus.... The Persians were the old Sythæ or Goths, from whom the rest sprung. | Su. Goth. troest, dristig. Germ., dreist. Alem. gidrost, daring. |
| Brudi or Bridei | Brudw, which is pronounced Bridw or Bradw, is in the British treacherous. | Brudi is the real Gothic name; Bout is the wounded (Bott ictus Wachter). | Island., Briddi eminebat. vercl: breida, to extend; and Sueo-Goth, e, law; 2. one who extends the law, who publishes it. |
For other instances see Burton’s Scotland, i. p. 196.
[67] Garnett’s Phil. Essays, pp. 197, 198.
[68] Highlanders.
[69] Phil. Essays, p. 200.
[70] Words and Places, p. 246.
[71] Highlanders.