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発音

• IPA: /ˈæθəl/, /ˈeɪθəl/

語源 1

From 中期英語 athel, ethel, hathel (“noble; nobleman, hero”), from 古期英語 æþele (“noble”), from Proto-West Germanic *aþulī, from Proto-Germanic *aþulijaz (“of noble birth, noble”), from *aþalą (“nature; nobility”).

形容詞

athel (comparative more athel, superlative most athel)

1. (obsolete) noble, highborn
2. (obsolete) excellent, splendid, fine
3. (obsolete) genuine, sincere, devout

名詞

athel (plural athels)

1. (obsolete) A chief or lord.
   • 1508, Golagros and Gawane:

     To tell of his deir weid war doutles delite,
     And alse ter for to tell the travalis war tight.
     His name and his nobillay wes noght for to nyte;
     Thair wes na hathill sa heich, be half ane fute hicht.

   • c. 1515, The Scottish Field:

     Proclamation in that place,
     was plainely declared,
     That every hatell should him hie,
     in hast that he might,
     To Bolton in Geldowre,
     all in godly haste.

派生語

語源 2

From Arabic أَثَل (ʔaṯal).

名詞

athel (plural athels)

1. A kind of tamarisk native to northern Africa and the Middle East, Tamarix aphylla, planted widely elsewhere as a shade tree and a windbreak due to its tolerance of heat and of alkaline soils, but tending to become invasive outside of its native range.

アナグラム

• Leath, ethal, lathe

語源

From 古期英語 æþele, æðele, eþele, from Proto-West Germanic *aþuli, from Proto-Germanic *aþalaz. Cognate with Old High German adal (German edel), Old Norse aðall.

形容詞

athel

1. noble, highborn
2. excellent, splendid, fine
3. genuine, sincere, devout

参考

• Ælf
• Ead
• wulf
• Beorht/Briht

派生した語

• English: athel

Further reading

• “ā̆thel, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.