English Wiktionary account
Source-reportedMeaning: “an Angle” + “spear”
From *Engil (from Proto-West Germanic *Angli (“an Angle”)) + gēr (“spear”). First attested in the 9th C CE.
Sources for this account (1)
- Wiktionary: EngilgerCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

