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

