Engle

Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - engle

According to the Old English Dictionary:

Angle;

Engle
pl. nom. acc; gen. a; dat. um; pl. m: Englan; gen. ena; pl. m. The Angles; Angli The inhabitants of Anglen in Denmark. Anglen was the province from which the English derived their being and name. Anglen [England and English, England being derived from Engla land Engles] dwelt on these lands before they came hither on land [i. e. before they came to England]">the Angles">the land or country of the Angles :-- On ðǽm landum eardodon Engle, ǽr hý hider on land cómon the Angles [Engles] dwelt on these lands before they came hither on land [i. e. before they came to England], Ors. 1, 1; Bos. 21, 36. Engla cyningas kings of the Angles, Bd. 2, 15; S. 518, 38. Betweox Wealum and Englum between the Welsh and English, L. O. D. 2; Th. i. 352, 14. engle

Related words: Engel] lies on the south-east part of the Duchy of Sleswick, in Denmark. The majority of settlers in Britainwere from Anglen and the neighbourhood, hence this country and people derived their name

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