Engellant

Middle High German

Alternative forms

Etymology

    Borrowed from Middle English Engelond, from Old English Engla land.

    Proper noun

    Engellant n

    1. England (a constituent country of the United Kingdom)

    Declension

    Declension of Engellant (sg-only strong neuter with null plural)
    singular
    indef. def. noun
    nominative ein daȥ Engellant
    genitive eines dës Engellandes
    dative eime dëm Engellande, Engellant1
    accusative ein daȥ Engellant

    1The so-called uninflected dative, a possible remnant of an original locative.

    Descendants

    • Central Franconian:
    • German: England
    • Rhine Franconian:
    • Yiddish: ענגלאַנד (england)

    References

    • Benecke, Georg Friedrich, Müller, Wilhelm, Zarncke, Friedrich (1863) “Engellant”, in Mittelhochdeutsches Wörterbuch: mit Benutzung des Nachlasses von Benecke, Stuttgart: S. Hirzel
    • Benecke, Georg Friedrich, Müller, Wilhelm, Zarncke, Friedrich (1863) “Engellant”, in Mittelhochdeutsches Wörterbuch: mit Benutzung des Nachlasses von Benecke, Stuttgart: S. Hirzel
    • "engellant" in Köbler, Gerhard, Mittelhochdeutsches Wörterbuch (3rd edition 2014)
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