The Myths. 1  Everyone in the Middle Ages thought the earth was flat. 2  Columbus faced opposition to his attempt to find a western route to Asia because people thought the earth was flat.
King Alfred of Wessex was careful to note this himself, suggesting a wide-ranging area of settlement of the Angles, and a relatively large population. The Angles, Anglii, or Angels (the 'g' is pronounced hard, as in 'gun' not soft as with a 'j') are first mentioned by Tacitus (Germania) about AD 98. They could be related to the Teutones of Pliny and Strabo in the early first century AD, forming a group known as the Ingaevones with the Chauci and the Cimbri.
Contents. 1  1 Danish 1.1 Noun. 2  2 Dutch 2.1 Pronunciation. 3  3 German 3.1 Etymology. 4  4 Japanese 4.1 Romanization. 5  5 Middle Dutch 5.1 Verb. 6  6 Norwegian BokmÃ¥l 6.1 Alternative forms. 7  7 Old High German 7.1 Etymology.