English

ing′glish, adj. belonging to England or its inhabitants.— n. the language of the people of England.— v.t. to translate a book into English: to make English.— ns. Eng′lander , an English man; Eng′lisher , Eng′lishman , a native or naturalised inhabitant of England; Eng′lishry , the fact of being an English man; in Ireland, the population of English descent.— Old English , or Anglo-Saxon , the language spoken in England from 450 till about 1150; Middle English till 1500; Modern English from 1500 onwards ( Early English often means Early Middle English; ( arch it. ), see Early ).— Presentment of Englishry , the offering of proof that a person murdered belonged to the English race, to escape the fine levied on the hundred or township for the murder of a Norman. [A.S. Englisc , from Engle , Angle , from the Angles who settled in Britain.]