different between athel vs gesith

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

Etymology

From Old English ?es?þ (“companion, fellow, comrade; companion or follower of an athel or king”); equivalent to ge- +? sith.

Noun

gesith (plural gesiths)

1. (historical) A companion to an athel or king in medieval England; a thegn; a comrade
   • 1999, Saint Bede (the Venerable), Judith McClure, Roger Collins, The Ecclesiastical History of the English People:

     The gesith took him and had his wounds attended to.

References

• OED 2nd edition 1989
• Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

Anagrams

• Tighes, eights