æþel

Old English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From a suffixed form of Proto-Germanic *ōþ-. Cognate with Old Saxon oðil, Old Frisian ethel, Old High German uodil, Old Norse óðal.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈæːðel/

Noun

ǣþel m

  1. homeland, ancestral territory

Declension

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