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Old English
Etymology
From a suffixed form of Proto-Germanic *ōþ-; see *ōþil (“homeland”). Cognate with Old Saxon oðil, Old Frisian ethel, Old High German uodil, Old Norse óðal.
Pronunciation
Noun
ǣþel m
- homeland, ancestral territory
- noble, a person of the ruling class (a personified extension of the first definition)
Declension
Declension of ǣþel (strong a-stem)