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engleis (1130-40)
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engleis (1130-40)

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aenglais,  aengleis;  anglais,  angleis,  anglés,  anglish,  anglois;  englais,  englece,  engleise,  engleisse,  englés,  englese,  englis,  englois;  inglois; 
f. engelysch;  engleche,  englesche,  englesshe,  englesse,  engliche,  englische,  engloise  (esglesche  S Edm Life2 45v)  
  FEW:  Engle *15/ii,87b Gdf:  englesche 3,173a GdfC:  anglais 8,122b TL: englois 3,391 DEAF:  englois  DMF:  anglais  TLF:  anglais  OED:  English adj. (and adv.) and n.  MED:  English adj.  DMLBS: ∅

a.

1demonymEnglish: 
( c.1136-37; MS: s.xiiex )  Al rei parlat parole englesche  GAIMAR1 3942
( 1310 )  .xx. acres de terre englesses, une acre de terre Cornewaille  YBB Ed II iii 189
( 1311 )  toutz les ercevesqes de Develyn engleis et d’englische lange deivent avoir cel denee  YBB Ed II xi 28
( s.xiv-xv )  et, q'il que n'est mye Inglois homme neez, yl paiera .iiij. marces en fourme suisdite  YMB i 168
2 namedemonym from England and/or who speaks English (used as a surname): 
( c.1200 )  Nicolaus Angleis  Family Names Angliss

s.

1demonymEnglishman, one from England and/or who speaks English: 
( 1130-40; MS: 1440 ) Cunue chose seit a Franceis et a Engleis et as veisins que [...]  Hosp Chart 131
( c.1136-37; MS: s.xiiex )  I comence l’estorie des Englés  GAIMAR1 rubr
( c.1259; MS: c.1259 ) Munt Musard (=in Acre), cest burg est enhabité tut le plus de Engleis  Iter paris 179
( 1414 )  s’il ne soit verroie Engleis  Rot Parl1 iv 42
♦ namedemonym Englishman, one from England and/or who speaks English (used as a surname): 
( s.xii )  Robert le Engleis  Family Names English
( 1205 )  William le Englés  Family Names English
( 1295 )  Johannim le Engleys  Parl Writs 31
2lang.English (language): 
( 1139-50; MS: s.xiiex ) Ço que ‘schire’ ad nun en engleis ‘Cunté’ ad nun en franceis  Description Verse 67
( 1206-15; MS: s.xiii1/4 ) en Bretaigne [...] orent ja cinc languages, e si vus dirai ques il sunt: bretoneis e engleis e schoteis, picteis e latineis  Description Prose 13.1
( c.1290; MS: 1307-25 )  tut dis troverez vous primes le fraunceis e puis le engleise amount  BIBB ROTH (G) intro.
( 1396; MS: c.1400 )  il en y a beaucoup des raisons d’englois que ne s’accordent mye a la language de France  Man lang1 91
( 1415 )  les ditz parolles avaunt escryez en Engelysch  Rot Parl1 iv 73
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See also:

estengleis  westengleis 
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