Old English · proper noun
Æþelstan
- Part of speech
- proper noun, masculine
- IPA
- /ˈæ.θelˌstɑːn/[ˈæ.ðelˌstɑːn]
- Syllables
- ˈæ · θel · ˌstɑːn (3 syllables)
- Modern English
- athelstan
Meaning
-
a male given name
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Æthelstan; an Anglo-Saxon King of England.
An. DCCCCXL Hēr Æþelstān cyning forþferde on Glēaweċestre...⁊ Æþelstān cyning ricsode XIIII ġēar ⁊ tēon wucan.
Year 940 In this year King Athelstan died in Gloucester...he reigned for 14 years and ten weeks.
The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle -
Æthelstan Ætheling; eldest son of Æthelred the Unready.
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *Aþalastain, from *aþal (“noble”) + *stain (“stone”). Equivalent to æþele + stān. Cognate with Old High German Adelstein.
Descendants
athelstan
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