æþel
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Old English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From a suffixed form of Proto-Germanic *ōþ-; see *ōþil (“homeland”). Cognate with Old Saxon oðil, Old Frisian ethel, Old High German uodil, Old Norse óðal.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
ǣþel m
- homeland, ancestral territory
- noble, a person of the ruling class (a personified extension of the first definition)