A dialectal or archaic abbreviation or variant of 'engel' (angel), found in historical texts.
Shortened form of Middle English engel or Old English engel, both borrowings from Old Norse engli or Late Latin angelus, ultimately from Greek angelos (messenger).
Medieval scribes constantly abbreviated words to save expensive parchment, so 'engl' would have made sense when written—but it looks almost unreadable to modern eyes, showing how much our writing conventions have changed!
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