Angles

Angles (Angli), a German tribe who occupied the country still called Angeln (q.v.), on the east of the Elbe, between Sleswick and Flensburg. Along with the Saxons and Jutes, they passed over in great numbers to Britain during the 5th century, and settled in East Anglia, Northumbria, and Mercia. Together with their kindred races, they formed the powerful people who came to be known as the Anglo-Saxons (q.v.). From them England derives its name (Lat. Anglia, Anglo-Saxon, Engla-land). After these migrations from Sleswick, the Danes from the north entered the deserted districts, and mingled with the Angles who remained there.