Englisc

Old English Alternative forms ang Ænglisċ Etymology ang English :af Engle<id:English> -isċ<id:-ish> From ang Engle isċ. Pronunciation Englisċ ang en.ɡliʃ 2 Proper noun Englisċ n the English language; Old English ang Spricst þū Englisċ? Do you speak English? (Speakest thou English?) Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, Manuscript D ang Hēr sind on þissum īeġlande fīf ġeþēodu: Englisċ, Bretwīelisċ, Sċyttisċ, Pihtisċ, and Bōclǣden. Here on this island, there are five languages: English, British, Scottish, Pictish, and Latin. Declension Englisċ sg Adjective Englisċ English late 9th century, translation of Bede's Ecclesiastical History ang ⁊ hē onfeng, ⁊ sē cyning him sealde fēower mæssepreostas, þā sċeoldon his þēode fulwian ⁊ lǣran, ðā wǣron ġe on ġelǣrednesse ġe on heora līfe micle ⁊ goode; ond hē mid micle ġefēan swā wæs eft hām hweorfende. Wǣron þa mæssepreostas þus hātne, Ċedd ⁊ Adda ⁊ Bete ⁊ Deoma. Sē nȳhsta wæs Sċyttisces cynnes; þā ōðre wǣron Englisċe. And he received, and the king released to him, four priests, who were great and good in both knowledge and their lives, who would baptize and teach his people; and so he returned home again with great joy. The priests were named thusly: Ċedd, Adda, Bete, and Deoma. The latter was of the Scottish people; the others were English. ang substantive an Englishman or an Angle Declension Englisċ Descendants enm Englisch See also ang Angel- ang *Seaxisċ ang Languages