athel
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Etymology 1[edit]
From Middle English athel, ethel, hathel (“noble; nobleman, hero”), from Old English æþele (“noble”), from Proto-West Germanic *aþal, 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.
Noun[edit]
athel (plural athels)
- (obsolete) A chief or lord.
- 1508, Golagros and Gawane:
- To tell of his deir weid war doutles delite,
And alse ter for to tell the travalis war tight.
His name and his nobillay wes noght for to nyte;
Thair wes na hathill sa heich, be half ane fute hicht.
- c. 1515, The Scottish Field:
- Proclamation in that place,
was plainely declared,
That every hatell should him hie,
in hast that he might,
To Bolton in Geldowre,
all in godly haste.
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Noun[edit]
athel (plural athels)
- 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.
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Etymology[edit]
From Old English æþele, æðele, eþele, from Proto-West Germanic *aþulī, from Proto-Germanic *aþalaz. Cognate with Old High German adal (German edel), Old Norse aðall.
Adjective[edit]
athel
Descendants[edit]
- English: athel
Further reading[edit]
- “ā̆thel, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
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