Engelond

Middle English

Alternative forms

• Engeland, Englelond, England
• Engle lond, Englene lond (Early Middle English)
• Ingelond, Inglond, Ingland (Late Middle English)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛnɡəlɔːnd/

Proper noun

Engelond

1. England
   • late 14th c. Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales. General Prologue: 15-16.

     And specially from every shires ende
     Of Engelond, to Caunterbury they wende,

     And specially from every shire's end
     Of England they to Canterbury went,

2. Britain
   • 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) :

     The w^ch blason I the foresayd Gwyon Kinge of Armes witnesse: not then borne of any other ꝑson whatsoever he bee w^thin the Realme of England (otherwyse called the Ile of Great Brittaigne)

   Synonym: Britayne

Related terms

• Englisch

Descendants

• English: England
• Scots: Ingland, England
• Yola: Engelhoan

See also

• Gret Britaine, Grete Britayne, Grete Britaigne
• Wales
• Scotlond
• Cornwaile

References

• “Engelōnd, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.