Why did the Saxons call their language English?

This video answers the age old question of why the Saxons called their langauge English. Sources: Bosworth, Joseph. In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. . Earle, John. (1876) A Word for the Mother Tongue: An Inaugural Lecture Hel-hama. “England in the late 9th century”. Image. #/media/File: Hempl, George. (1893) Old English PhonologyHogeard. “Northumbria around 700 AD“. image. #/media/File: Lindsey, J.S. (1904) Medieval British History: Problems and exercises in British History. 2nd vol. Sweet, Henry. Ed. King Alfred’s West Saxon Version Gregory’s Pastoral Care Music by Cefin Beorn