Some writers who used the title did understand it was not an indigenous honorific; for instance Jordanus seems to use it simply because his readers would have been familiar with it, not because he thought it authentic.
Algúns escritores que usaban o título entendían que non era un nome honorífico local; por exemplo Xordano parece usalo simplemente porque os seus lectores o coñecían, non porque o crese auténtico.