æþel

Old English

Alternative forms

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
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