Middle English word Engeland comes from Old English land, Old English Engle, and later Old English Englaland (England.)
Dictionary entry | Language | Definition |
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land | Old English (ang) | A land, region, district, or province. Earth, one of the four elements. Owned or tilled land, an estate. |
Engle | Old English (ang) | Angles, the Angle tribe. English, Englishmen (as they were during the currency of Old English). |
Englaland | Old English (ang) | England. |
Englelond | Middle English (enm) |