Old English · noun

eþel

Normalised ēþel

Part of speech: noun, masculine
Declension: strong a-stem
IPA: /ˈeː.θel/
[ˈeː.ðel]
Syllables: ˈeː · θel (2 syllables)
Modern English: one's homeland

Meaning

one's native country, homeland

Iċ wille ġesēċan mīnne ēðel ofer sǣ.

I want to visit my homeland across the sea.
the runic character (/ø(ː)/)

byþ oferlēof æġhwylċum men...

Homeland is loved by all people...
The Old English rune poem

Declension

Declension of eþel
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	ēþel	ēþlas
Accusative	ēþel	ēþlas
Genitive	ēþles	ēþla
Dative	ēþle	ēþlum

Etymology

From earlier œ̄þel (persisting longer in the north) from Proto-West Germanic *ōþil, from a variant of Proto-Germanic *ōþalą. Cognate to Old Swedish ødalla (“native land”), from an assumed earlier *odhala.

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