adeling

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Etymology

(deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old English æþeling.

Pronunciation

Noun

adeling (plural adelings)

  1. a prince, especially an Anglo-Saxon prince or royal heir
    1962, Otar, a pleasant and cultured adeling with a tremendous nose and sparse hair, had his two mistresses with him — Vladimir Nabokov, Pale Fire

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