Middle English

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Etymology

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

    Pronunciation

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    Proper noun

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    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) :[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)
      Synonym: Britayne
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    Descendants

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    • > English: England (inherited) (see there for further descendants)
    • > Scots: Ingland, England (inherited)
    • > Yola: Engelhoan (inherited)
    • Latin: Angliterra (calque)

    See also

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    References

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    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