Engelond

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

    From Old English Engla land (“land of the Angles”) by haplology.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ˈɛnɡəlɔːnd/

    Proper noun

    Engelond

    1. England (a medieval kingdom in Northern Europe)
    2. Britain (a large island of Northern Europe)
      • 1387–1400, [Geoffrey] Chaucer, “The Ffrankeleẏns Tale”, in The Tales of Caunt́bury (Hengwrt Chaucer; Peniarth Manuscript 392D), Aberystwyth, Ceredigion: National Library of Wales, published [c. 1400–1410], →OCLC, folio 155, recto:
        A yeer and moore laſted this bliſful lyf, / Til that the knyght of which I ſpeke of thus, / That of Kayrrud was cleped Arveragus, / Shoop hym to goon and dwelle a yeer or twayne / In Engelond, that cleped was ek Britayne
        A year and more lasted this blissful life, / Until the knight of whom I thus speak, / That was called Arveragus of Kayrrud, / Prepared himself to go and dwell a year or two / In England, which was also called Britain
      • 1461, John Wrexworth, Guyan King-of-Arms, Grant of Arms to William Swayne of Somerset (Add. MS. 14295, fo. 5b):[1]
        The wch blason I the foresayd Gwyon Kinge of Armes witnesse: not then borne of any other ꝑson whatsoever he bee wthin the Realme of England (otherwyse called the Ile of Great Brittaigne)
        (please add an English translation of this quotation)
      Synonym: Britayne

    Descendants

    • English: England (see there for further descendants)
    • Scots: Ingland, England
    • Yola: Engelhoan
    • → Latin: Angliterra (calque) (see there for further descendants)
    • → Middle High German: Engellant, Engelant, Engenlant (see there for further descendants)
    • → Middle Welsh: Englont, Inglont

    See also

    References

    1. ^ Willoughby Aston Littledale, editor (1926), A Collection of Miscellaneous Grants, Crests, Confirmations, Augmentations and Exemplifications of Arms in the Mss. Preserved in the British Museum, Ashmolean Library, Queen's College, Oxford, and Elsewhere‎[1], volume 77, London: J. Whitehead and Son, Ltd., →OCLC, page 192
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