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Posted By: Q (Frank Staplin)
16-Dec-07 - 06:22 PM
Thread Name: What does 'English' mean?
Subject: RE: What does 'English' mean?

ænglisc, ynglisse, engleis, englissche, etc.; as Georgiansilver says, from the Engles (Angles), the people of Angul (Anglus in Tacitus). Lots of fun looking this stuff up in the dictionary.