01 n. pl. An ancient Low German tribe, that settled in Britain, which came to be called Engla-land (Angleland or England). The Angles probably came f…
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An ancient Low German tribe, that settled in Britain, which came to be called Engla-land (Angleland or England). The Angles probably came from the district of Angeln (now within the limits of Schleswig), and the country now Lower Hanover, etc.(Ethnol.)