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Atheling
Ath′el-ing
(ăth′ĕl-ĭng)
, Noun.
[AS.
æðeling
noble, fr. æðele
noble, akin to G. adel
nobility, edel
noble. The word æðel
, E. ethel
, is in many AS. proper names, as Ethel
wolf, noble wolf; Ethel
bald, noble bold; Ethel
bert, noble bright.] An Anglo-Saxon prince or nobleman; esp., the heir apparent or a prince of the royal family.
[Written also
Adeling
and Ætheling
.] Definition 2024
atheling
atheling
English
Alternative forms
- adeling, etheling, ætheling
Noun
atheling (plural athelings)
- A prince, especially an Anglo-Saxon prince or royal heir.
- 1966, Dorothy Whitelock, The Norman Conquest, Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, page 60,
- […] to substitute as the Confessor′s heir, the Atheling Edward (son of Edmund Ironside), who was then an exile in Hungary. After the atheling′s return from exile, and his very suspicious death in England in 1057, the Norman duke must surely have realized that his chief opponent in England was likely to be Harold Godwineson […] .
- 1966, Dorothy Whitelock, The Norman Conquest, Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, page 60,