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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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Bosworth, Joseph. “ÉÐEL.” 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/9765.

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