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æþele

  • adjective
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Wright's OE grammar
§10; §58; §155; §221; §434; §607;
Add: , æþel [cf. O. Sax. eðili, aðal: O. H. Ger. edele, adal].
in the following glosses
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  • Aeðile

    generosus,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 109, 58.

  • Þæs æþelan

    fausta,

      33, 76.

  • Þá æþelan

    emeritos,

      32, 73.
of persons
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  • Æþel

    gnartis (cultor)

    ,
      An. Ox. 2637.

  • On þære stówe wunode swýþe æþel wer (sum æðele wer,

    v. l.) quo in loco vir nobilis manebat,

      Gr. D. 61, 30.

  • Sum æþel (æðele, v. l.) wer

    vir quidam nobilis,

      140, 3.

  • Cwén ... þeáh hió æðelu sí,

      Rä. 78, 5.

  • Æþeles

    indolis (indolis titulus principum, adolescentium maxime, honorarius, Migne), An. Ox. 2869: indolis, i. iuuenis ingenuus,

      2, 114.

  • Mǽran, æþelan

    illustris (Agathae)

    , 4362.

  • Þone æþelan geongan

    indolem,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 44, 80.

  • Iosue þone æþelan,

      Jos. 4, 14.

  • Þæs æþelran láreówes egregii dogmatist&e-hook;, An. Ox. 4362, Þá æðelestan ealdras

    nobilissimi principes,

      Num. i. 16.
of things
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  • Æþele alu

    carenum,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 23, 1.

  • Æþele cræft

    an excellent medicine,

      Lch. ii. 28, 10.

  • Æðele

    fortunatum (praesagium)

    .
      An. Ox. 7, 167.

  • Mid æþelum

    celebri (fama),

    2421.

  • Hé getimbrade æþele mynster,

      Shrn. 50, 29.

  • Lǽcedómas micle and eþele,

      Lch. ii. 160, 8.

  • Æþelum

    Claris (natalibus),

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 94, 59.

  • Æþeleste cyn

    celeberrimum, i. opinatissimum (spectaculi) genus,

      An. Ox. 2082.
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v.  æþel.
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “æþele.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/38052.

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