Old English · noun
æþeling
- Part of speech
- noun, masculine
- Declension
- strong a-stem
- IPA
- /ˈæ.θe.linɡ/[ˈæ.ðe.liŋɡ]
- Syllables
- ˈæ · θe · linɡ (3 syllables)
- Modern English
- athelingedlingprince
Meaning
-
prince
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 came rowing to East Anglia 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" -
person
Declension
All forms (6)
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-West Germanic *aþuling, from Proto-Germanic *aþulingaz (“prince, nobleman”). Equivalent to æþele + -ing.
Descendants
atheling, edling
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