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Huh... I wonder if the the "eng" from England and English related to the Middle English englen and Old English englas for "angels"? Is England the land of angels?

Edit: Ah, no. It's from the Angles: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angles




According to the Venerable Bede, Pope Gregory I drew the same parallel in ~595: "Non Angli, sed angeli – They are not Angles, but angels. Well named, for they have angelic faces and ought to be co-heirs with the angels in heaven.".

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Gregory_I#Famous_quotes_a...




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