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

  • IPA(key): /ˈæː.θel/, [ˈæː.ðel]

Noun edit

ǣþel m

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

Declension edit