æþelingの英語

語源

Inherited from Proto-West Germanic *aþuling, from Proto-Germanic *aþulingaz (“prince, nobleman”). Equivalent to æþele +‎ -ing.

発音

• IPA: /ˈæ.θe.linɡ/, [ˈæ.ðe.liŋɡ]

名詞

æþeling m

1. prince

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:þeoden

   • late 10th century, Ælfric, "Life of St. Edmund"

     Hinguar þā becōm tō Ēastenglum rōwende on þām ġēare þe Ælfred æðeling ān and twēntiġ ġēare wæs, sē þe Westseaxena cyning siþþan wearþ mǣre.

     Ivar the Boneless came rowing to East Anglia the year that Prince Alfred, who would later become the great king of Wessex, turned twenty-one.

   • The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle

     An. DCCCC.LXXVIII Hēr on þyssum ġēare wearð Ēadweard cyning ġemartyrad, ⁊ Æþelrēd æþeling his brōðor feng tō þām rīċe.

     Year 978 In this year King Edward was martyred, and his brother Prince Athelred ascended to the throne.

2. (poetic) person

語形変化

Strong a-stem:

派生語

• Æþelinga īeġ (“Athelney”)

派生した語

• Middle English: atheling
  • English: atheling
• →? Middle Welsh: edling, edlyg, etling (or from Middle English)
  • Welsh: edling, edlin
    • → English: edling