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ÉÐEL

  • noun [ masculine ]
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ÉÐEL, æðel, ǽðel; gen. éðles; dat. éðle, éðele; m. n.
one's own residence or
property, inheritance, country, realm, land, dwelling, home; prædium ăvītum, fundus heredĭtārius, patria, terra, sēdes, domĭcĭlium, tabernācŭlum
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  • Ðis is mín ágen cýþ, eard and éðel

    this is my own country, dwelling and home,

    • Bt. Met. Fox 24,
    • 99;
    • Met. 24,
    • 50.
  • Hér sceal mín wesan eorþlíc éðel

    here shall be my earthly country,

    • Exon. 36 a
    • ;
    • Th. 117,
    • 30;
    • Gú. 232
    • .
  • Ic ealne geondhwearf éðel Gotena

    I traversed all the country of the Goths,

    86 b;
    • Th. 325,
    • 10;
    • Wíd. 109
    • .
  • Nán wítega nis andfenge on his éðele

    nēmo prophēta acceptus est in patria sua,

    • Lk. Bos. 4,
    • 24.
  • Se éðel úþgenge wearþ Adame and Éuan

    the country became alien to Adam and Eve,

    • Exon. 45 a
    • ;
    • Th. 153,
    • 11;
    • Gú. 824: Th. 152,
    • 29;
    • Gú. 816
    • .
  • Onfóþ mínes Fæder ríce, beorht éþles wlite

    receive my Father 's realm, the land's bright beauty,

    27 b;
    • Th. 82,
    • 32;
    • Cri. 1347
    • .
  • Ic ferde to foldan ufan from éþle

    I went to earth from the realm above,

    • Cd. 224
    • ;
    • Th. 296,
    • 2;
    • Sat. 496
    • .
  • Engla éðel

    the dwelling of angels,

    • Andr. Kmbl. 1049
    • ;
    • An. 525
    • .
  • Hæleða éðel

    the dwelling of heroes,

    • 41
    • ;
    • An. 21
    • .
  • Ðæt he síþ tuge eft to éþle

    that he would go his way again home,

    • Exon. 37b
    • ;
    • Th. 123,
    • 2 1;
    • Gú. 326: 36b
    • ;
    • Th. 119,
    • l;
    • Gú. 248
    • .
  • Éþles neósan

    to visit their home,

    • Andr. Kmbl. 1660
    • ;
    • An. 832: 32
    • ;
    • An. 16
    • .
  • On heora éðele in tabernācŭlis eōrum, Ps. Th. 68, 26. 2. the following three examples are neuter Ðæt earme éðel

    mĭsĕra patria,

    • Bd. I, 12
    • ;
    • S. 480,
    • 37.
  • He wolde eft ðæt éðel sécan his hwílendlícan ríces

    tempŏrālis sui regni sēdem repĕtiit,

    • 3,
    • 22;
    • S. 552,
    • 33.
  • His ríces éðel ðæt he hæfde

    sĕdem regni quam tĕnuit,

    • 4, I
    • ;
    • S. 563,
    • 14.
the Anglo-Saxon Rune RUNE = œ́, the name o f which letter in Anglo-Saxon is œ́ðel, ǽðel, é ðel one's native country, — hence, this Rune not only stands for the letters œ́, but for œ́eth;el = é ðel one 9;s native country, as, — RUNE [éðel] byþ oferleóf ǽghwylcum men a native country is over-dear to every man,
  • Hick. Thes. i. 135, 45: Runic pm. 23
  • ;
  • Kmbl. 344, 3: Beo. Th. 1045
  • ;
  • B. 520: 1830
  • ;
  • B. 913
  • .
Etymology
[
O. Sax. óeth;il, m. domĭcĭlium, patria, prædium avītum:
O. Frs. éthel, m:
O. H. Ger. uodal, n. prædium:
Icel. óðal, n. fundus avītus
.]
Derived forms
fæder-éðel
Linked entries
v.  ǽðel éðyl óðel.
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  • ÉÐEL, n.