different between athel vs atheling

English

Alternative forms

• athil, athill
• aethel, æthel
• ethel

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?æ??l/, /?e???l/

Etymology 1

From Middle English athel, ethel, hathel (“noble; nobleman, hero”), from Old English æþele (“noble”), from Proto-Germanic *aþalaz, *aþaljaz, *aþiluz (“noble, of noble birth”), from Proto-Indo-European *átta (“father”).

Akin to Saterland Frisian eedel, West Frisian eal, Dutch edel, German edel. Middle English form hathel due to conflation with Old English hæleþ (“hero”). See heleth.

Adjective

athel (comparative more athel, superlative most athel)

1. (obsolete or Britain dialectal) Noble; illustrious

Derived terms

• atheldom
• atheling

Noun

athel (plural athels)

1. (obsolete) A chief or lord.
2. (Britain dialectal, Scotland) A prince or noble.

Etymology 2

From Arabic ?????? (?a?al).

Noun

athel (plural athels)

1. A kind of tamarisk native to northern Africa and the Middle East, Tamarix aphylla, planted widely elsewhere as a shade tree and a windbreak due to its tolerance of heat and of alkaline soils, but tending to become invasive outside of its native range.
2. A discrimination of originality and nobility ( ??????)

Anagrams

• Leath, ethal, hatel, lathe

English

Alternative forms

• adeling, etheling, ætheling

Etymology

From Middle English atheling, from Old English æþeling, from Proto-Germanic *aþulingaz. Equivalent to athel +? -ing.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?æð?l??/

Noun

atheling (plural athelings)

1. 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 […] .

Antonyms

• (prince): hlæfdige f
• (title): hlæfdige f

Related terms

• athel

Anagrams

• alighten