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æðeling

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
æðeling, es; m. [æðele, -ing son of, originating from] .
Wright's OE grammar
§10; §58; §155; §339; §607;
the son of a king, one of royal blood, a nobleman, used also in poetry for the king, God, and Christ; regia suboles, vir nobilis
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  • Se iunga æðeling

    regius juvenis,

    • Bd. 2, 12; S. 514, 27: 3, 21
      • ;
    • S. 550, 40: 2, 14
      • ;
    • S. 517, 22
      • .

  • Æðelinges beam

    the prince's child,

    • Beo. Th. 1780
      • ;
    • B. 888
      • .

  • Be sumum Rómániscum æðelinge

    by a certain Roman nobleman,

    • Bt. 16, 2 ; Fox 52, 19
      • .

  • Crist Nergende! wuldres Æðeling!

    Saviour Christ! Prince of Glory!

    • Exon. 10a; Th. 10, 26
      • ;
    • Cri. 158
      • .

  • Ðá se Æðeling cwom in Betlem

    when the Prince came in Bethlehem,

    • 14a; Th. 28, 18
      • ;
    • Cri. 448
      • .

  • Æðelstán cyning and his bróðor eác, Eádmund æðeling

    king Æthelstan and his brother also, Edmund the noble.

    • Chr. 938; Th. 200, 33
      • ;
    • Æðelst. 3
      • .

  • Éce is se æðeling

    the creator [atheling] is eternal,

    • Exon. 60b; Th. 220, 12
      • ;
    • Ph. 319: 119b
      • ;
    • Th. 459, 21
      • ;
    • Hö. 3
      • .

  • Stód æfter man-drihtne eard and éðel, æfter ðam æðelinge

    [his] land and dwelling-place stood after [waiting for] the man-lord, the chieftain,

    • 207; Th. 256, 10
      • ;
    • Dan. 638
      • .
man generally, in pl. men, people, used in a good and noble sense, as a derivative of æðele noble; homo, homines
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  • Ðæs æðelinges ellen dohte

    the man's courage was good,

    • Cd. 64; Th. 78, 4
      • ;
    • Gen. 1288
      • .

  • Ða nú æðelingas, ealle eorþ-búend, Ebréi hátaþ

    which people now, all dwellers upon earth, call Hebrews,

    • 79; Th. 99, 17
      • ;
    • Gen. 1647
      • .

  • Héht him ceósan æðelingas

    he commanded him to choose men, go;

    • Th. 112, 9
      • ;
    • Gen. 1868: 58
      • ;
    • Th. 70, 31
      • ;
    • Gen. 1161
      • .
Derived forms
sib-
Linked entries
v.  adelyng eðeling.
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “æðeling.” 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/946.

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  • æðeling, n.

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