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ˈæθ ə lɪŋ, ˈæð-atheling

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  1. athelingnoun

    a prince, especially an Anglo-Saxon prince or royal heir

    After the atheling's return from exile, and his very suspicious death in England in 1057, the Norman duke must surely have realized that his chief opponent in England was likely to be Harold Godwineson ... uE000130020uE001 Dorothy Whitelock, "The Norman Conquest", Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1966

  2. athelingnoun

    A title of respect used in the modern pagan faith of Heathenry.

  3. Etymology: From atheling, from æþeling, from aþalingaz, equivalent to. Cognate with etheling, edling, edhiling, adaling, adalingus, adelingus (from).

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Athel, Atheling, Adel and, Æthel

    So Æthelred is noble for counsel; Æthelard, a noble genius; Æthelbert, eminently noble; Æthelward, a noble protector. Edmund Gibson Camden.

    Etymology: from adel, noble, Germ.

Wikipedia

  1. atheling

    Ætheling (; also spelt aetheling, atheling or etheling) was an Old English term (æþeling) used in Anglo-Saxon England to designate princes of the royal dynasty who were eligible for the kingship. The term is an Old English and Old Saxon compound of aethele, æþele or (a)ethel, meaning "noble family", and -ing, which means "belonging to". It was usually rendered in Latin as filius regis (king's son) or the Anglo-Latin neologism clito. Ætheling can be found in the Suffolk toponym of Athelington.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Athelingnoun

    an Anglo-Saxon prince or nobleman; esp., the heir apparent or a prince of the royal family

  2. Etymology: [AS. eling noble, fr. ele noble, akin to G. adel nobility, edel noble. The word el, E. ethel, is in many AS. proper names, as Ethelwolf, noble wolf; Ethelbald, noble bold; Ethelbert, noble bright.]

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Atheling

    ath′el-ing, n. a member of a noble family, latterly a prince of the blood royal, or the heir-apparent. [A.S. ætheling; Ger. adel.]

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of atheling in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of atheling in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4


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