Angle
- noun [ masculine ]
Grammar
The ANGLES, who came from Anglen [v. Angel = Engel
Anglen] in Denmark, and occupied the greater part of England, from
Suffolk to the Frith of Forth, including Mercia. Bede says, — 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, 35. Abercorn is on the south coast of the Frith of Forth, and at the mouth of the river Carron,
where the Roman wall of Severu began, and extended to the Frith of Clyde.
Bede wrote his history about A.D. 731, at which time Abercorn was within the bounds of Engla land - England:
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Ðæt land, ðætte Angle ǽr hæfdon
the land, that the Angles formerly had,
- Bd. 4, 26; S. 602, 30 .
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To Anglum
to the Angles,
- Chr. 443; Th. 18, 33, col. 1; 19, 30, col. 1 .
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Ðá cómon ða menn of þrým mægþum Germanie, — of Eald-Seaxum, of Anglum, of Iotum
then came the men from three tribes of Germany, — from Old-Saxons, from Angles, from Jutes,
- Chr. 449; Th. 20, 18-21, col. 1 .
Entry information
Citation
Bosworth, Joseph. “Angle.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/1829.
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