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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Angles \An"gles\, noun pl. [L. Angli. See {Anglican}.] (Ethnol.) An ancient Low German tribe, that settled in Britain, which came to be called Engla-land (Angleland or England). The Angles probably came from the district of Angeln (now within the limits of Schleswig), and the country now Lower Hanover, etc.
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