Major tribes of Germanic peoples migrated to Britain after the withdrawal of Roman troops in 410 AD and during the next five decades of the early medieval period.
They were divided into three main stocks of allied tribes speaking dialect closely akin. One of the tribes, was Angles from modern Slesvig, a part of which Anglen, still preserve their name. The name of Angles comes from the district of Angeln.
Angles, an ancient German nation which, after various migrations, settled in Denmark and thence passed over in great numbers to England to which they gave their name. It is certain that these people were called angliz, a name recorded by Tacitus in the first century AD and introduced to Britain to give us the root of the term English.
The Angles are a thoughtful, intelligent race of men, less open and blunt than the Holsteiners, and more devoted to the useful than to aspirations for freedom.
The invasions from the mainland during the fifth century were continuously raging not only in the continent but in Britain as well. The Angles must have been sharing in the maritime expedition of the Saxons during that time.
The tribes were nomadic, sometimes being forced from their homeland by both Romans and other tribes, causing original terrot0oeies such as Angeln to disintegrate. Angeln is the border land between the Danish and German Danish.
History of Angles
