Middle English Dictionary Entry
Engelōnd n.
Entry Info
| Forms | Engelōnd n. Also Eng(e)land, (early) Engle(ne lond, (late) Ing(e)lond. |
| Etymology | OE Engla lond land of the Angles, England. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
The country inhabited by the English people, England.
Associated quotations
- a1121 Peterb.Chron.(LdMisc 636)an.1100 : Of þan rihtan Ængla landes kyne kynne.
- a1126 Peterb.Chron.(LdMisc 636)an.1125 : On þis gær sende se king Henri..of Normandi to Engla lande.
- (1155) Chart.Hen.II in Hall EME (Hrl Charter 3.B.49)11 : H[enry] þurh godes ȝefu ænglelandes king.
- ?a1160 Peterb.Chron.(LdMisc 636)an.1140 : Sæhte sculde ben betwyx heom & on al Engle land.
- c1175(?OE) Bod.Hom.(Bod 343)24/2 : Heo sume eac comen to Englelonde hwilon.
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)29472 : We weoren ut isalde Of Anglene londe.
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)6316 : Alfred þe king, Englelondes deorling.
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)17 : Wat heo ihoten weoren..þa Englene londe ærest ahten.
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)31940 : Æðelstan wes þe formeste Englisce mon þe al Ængle-lond [Otho: Eangelond] biwon.
- c1230(?a1200) *Ancr.(Corp-C 402)21a : Heresie, godd haue þonc, ne rixleð nawt in englelond.
- a1275(?c1150) Prov.Alf.(Trin-C B.14.39)17 : Alfred, he was in enkelonde a king.
- (1258) Procl.Hen.III in PST (1868)19 : Henr' þurȝ godes fultume king on Engleneloande.
- c1300 SLeg.Greg.(LdMisc 108)30 : Englene lond it auȝte wel beo, and engles þare-inne a-liȝte; And swuch folk auȝte in heouene beon englene i-fere.
- c1300 SLeg.(LdMisc 108)47/1 : Seint Edward þe ȝungue was kyng of Enguelonde.
- c1300 SLeg.Kenelm (LdMisc 108)2 : Seint Kenelm..was kyng, in Engelonde, of þe Marche of Walis.
- a1300 Hundreds Engl.(Jes-O 29)145/1 : Engle lond is eyhte hundred Myle long.
- a1300(?c1150) Prov.Alf.(Jes-O 29)12 : On englene londe he wes kyng.
- c1330(?c1300) Guy(1) (Auch)4493 : Into Inglond he went.
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)prol.24 : And for that fewe men endite In oure englissh, I thenke make A bok for Engelondes sake.
- a1400(c1303) Mannyng HS (Hrl 1701)10704 : Þys tale telleþ vs seynt Bede, Yn þe gestys of Inglond.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)235 : Inglis lede of Ingland [Göt: ingeland; Trin-C: engelonde; Frf: engelande].
- c1400(?a1387) PPl.C (Hnt HM 137)6.177 : Þe abbot of engelonde.
- a1425 Wycl.Serm.(Bod 788)2.243 : Þe Kyng of Yngelond is Kyng of Yngelond and more Bretayne.
- c1400(c1378) PPl.B (LdMisc 581)15.435 : Al was hethenesse..Ingelond and Wales.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)140 : Englonde: Anglia.
- a1700(1454) Grant Arms in Hrl.Soc.762 : The Raume of England.
2.
Est Engeland, East Anglia; Engeland men, Englishmen; meri Engeland, Merry England.
Associated quotations
- a1400 Cursor (Göt Theol 107)235 : Englis lede of meri ingeland.
- (a1464) Capgr.Chron.(Cmb Gg.4.12)100 : Est Ynglond, that is to sey, Norfolk and Suffolk.
- (a1475) Fortescue Gov.E.(LdMisc 593)113 : That Ingelonde men made suche warre in Ffraunce.
3.
(a) The land of the insular Britons before the Anglo-Saxon conquest; (b) the island of Great Britain.
Associated quotations
a
- (c1395) Chaucer CT.Fkl.(Manly-Rickert)F.810 : In Engelond that cleped was eek Britayne.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)8 : Brut þat bern bald of hand, þe first conquerour of Ingland.
- (a1470) Malory Wks.(Win-C)7/2 : Uther Pendragon..kynge of all Englond.
- (a1470) Malory Wks.(Win-C)21/24 : Arthure, kynge of Ingelonde.
b
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)173a/b : Inglond is þe moste Ilond of Occean.