æþeling
See also: ætheling
Old English edit
Alternative forms edit
- æðeling — edh spelling
Etymology edit
From Proto-Germanic *aþulingaz (“prince, nobleman”). Equivalent to æþele + -ing.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
æþeling m
- prince
- late 10th century, Ælfric, "Life of St. Edmund"
- Hinguar þā becōm tō Ēastenglum rōwende on þām ġēare þe Ælfred æðeling ān and twēntiġ ġēare wæs, sē þe Westseaxena cyning siþþan wearþ mǣre.
- Ivar the Boneless and his ships came to Essex the year that Prince Alfred, who would later become the great king of Wessex, turned twenty-one.
- late 10th century, Ælfric, "Life of St. Edmund"
- (poetic) person
Declension edit
Declension of æþeling (strong a-stem)