eþel

See also: ethel and Ethel

Old English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *ōþalą, from Proto-Indo-European *āt- (“race, people”). Germanic cognates include Old Frisian ēthel, Old High German uodal, Old Norse óðal.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈeːθel/, [ˈeːðel]

Noun

ēþel m

  1. One's ancestral land, home, territory.
    Ic ealne geondhwearf eðel Gotena. I travelled through all the country of the Goths.
  2. the rune ᛟ

Declension
Declension of eþel (strong a-stem)
Case Singular Plural
nominative ēþel ēþlas
accusative ēþel ēþlas
genitive ēþles ēþla
dative ēþle ēþlum

Derived terms
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