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Old English
Etymology
From æþele (“noble”) and stān (“stone”).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Æþelstān m
- a male given name
- Æthelstan; an Anglo-Saxon King of England.
- Æthelstan Ætheling; eldest son of Æthelred the Unready.
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