Engla land

Old English Dictionary Entry

Engla land

Old English Dictionary Entry

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1 Engla land

n. The land of the Angles or Engles, ENGLAND; Anglórum terra. It extended in the time of Bede, A. D. 731, from the present Lincolnshire to the Frith of Forth, on the south of which Æbber-curníg is located :-- Ðæt mynster Æbbercurníg, ðæt is geseted on Engla lande the minster Abercorn, that is seated in the land of the Angles, or Engla land = England, Bd. 4, 26; S. 602, 36. engla land

Runic Inscription

ᛖᛝᛚᚪ ᛚᚪᚾᛞ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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