Æthel

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Old English lexeme morpheme name element

Æthel is an Old English name element meaning "noble," commonly found in early medieval Anglo-Saxon personal names.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Old English lexeme ⓘ
morpheme ⓘ
name element ⓘ
cognateWith Old High German adal ⓘ
Proto-Germanic *aþala- ⓘ
componentType theophoric-free name element ⓘ
culture Anglo-Saxon England NERFINISHED ⓘ
denotesSocialStatus noble birth ⓘ
eraOfUse early Middle Ages ⓘ
etymologicalOrigin Proto-Germanic *aþala- ⓘ
formsPartOf Æthelberht NERFINISHED ⓘ
Æthelflæd NERFINISHED ⓘ
Æthelgar NERFINISHED ⓘ
Æthelgyth NERFINISHED ⓘ
Æthelhard NERFINISHED ⓘ
Æthelhelm NERFINISHED ⓘ
Æthelhere NERFINISHED ⓘ
Æthelhild NERFINISHED ⓘ
Æthelred NERFINISHED ⓘ
Æthelric NERFINISHED ⓘ
Æthelstan NERFINISHED ⓘ
Æthelthryth NERFINISHED ⓘ
Æthelwald NERFINISHED ⓘ
Æthelweard NERFINISHED ⓘ
Æthelwin NERFINISHED ⓘ
Æthelwulf NERFINISHED ⓘ
frequencyOfUse high in Anglo-Saxon royal names ⓘ
grammaticalCategory bound morpheme ⓘ
hasVariantSpelling Aethel NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ethel NERFINISHED ⓘ
Æþel NERFINISHED ⓘ
influenced later English given name Ethel ⓘ
language Old English ⓘ
meaning noble ⓘ
opposedTo ceorl (commoner) in social sense ⓘ
regionOfUse Anglo-Saxon kingdoms NERFINISHED ⓘ
England NERFINISHED ⓘ
relatedTo element "adel" in Germanic names ⓘ
script Latin alphabet ⓘ
semanticField nobility ⓘ
transliteration Aethel NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ethel NERFINISHED ⓘ
typicalPositionInName name prefix ⓘ
usedBy Anglo-Saxon nobility NERFINISHED ⓘ
usedIn Anglo-Saxon personal names ⓘ
early medieval English names ⓘ
usedUntilCentury 11th century ⓘ

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Ethel → etymologicalElement → Æthel ⓘ