æþeling

See also: ætheling

Old English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-West Germanic *aþuling, from Proto-Germanic *aþulingaz (“prince, nobleman”). Equivalent to æþele +‎ -ing.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈæ.θe.linɡ/, [ˈæ.ðe.liŋɡ]

Noun

æþeling m

  1. prince
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:þeoden
    • late 10th century, Ælfric, "Life of St. Edmund"
      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.
  2. (poetic) person

Declension

Strong a-stem:

singular plural
nominative æþeling æþelingas
accusative æþeling æþelingas
genitive æþelinges æþelinga
dative æþelinge æþelingum

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Middle English: atheling
  • →? Middle Welsh: edling, edlyg, etling (or from Middle English)
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