æþel

Old English

Alternative forms

• ēþel

Etymology

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈæː.θel/, [ˈæː.ðel]

Noun

ǣþel m

1. homeland, ancestral territory
2. noble, a person of the ruling class (a personified extension of the first definition)

Declension

Declension of æþel (strong a-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	ǣþel	ǣþelas
accusative	ǣþel	ǣþelas
genitive	ǣþeles	ǣþela
dative	ǣþele	ǣþelum