Old English · proper noun
Eastengle
Normalised Ēastengle
- Part of speech
- proper noun, masculine
- Declension
- strong i-stem
- IPA
- /ˈæ͜ɑːstˌen.ɡle/[ˈæ͜ɑːstˌeŋ.ɡle]
- Syllables
- ˈæ͜ɑːst · ˌen · ɡle (3 syllables)
- Modern English
- anglesanglia
Meaning
-
the East Angles
And of Engle cōman Ēastengle ⁊ Middelengle ⁊ Myrċe ⁊ eall Norðhembra cynn...
And from Anglia came the East Angles and the Middle Angles and the Mercians and all the Northumbrians...
late 9th century, translation of Bede's Ecclesiastical History -
East Anglia
Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, Manuscript A, year 838
Herebryht and many others were killed by pagans in Mercia, and the same year many more people in Lindsey and East Anglia and Kent were killed by the pagan army.
Declension
| Plural | |
|---|---|
| Nominative | Ēastengle |
| Accusative | Ēastengle |
| Genitive | Ēastengla |
| Dative | Ēastenglum |
All forms (3)
Etymology
ēast + Engle
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