Definitions For Athel

Adjective

noble, highborn excellent, splendid, fine genuine, sincere, devout

Descendants

{{desc, en, athel}}

Alternative forms

{{alter, enm, athell, atel, atell, athill, athil, aghil, æðel, æþel, æthel, eðel, eþel, ethel}}

Etymology 1

From Middle English athel, ethel, hathel, t=noble; nobleman, hero, from {{inh, en, ang, æþele, t=noble}}, from {{inh, en, gmw-pro, aþal}}, from {{inh, en, gem-pro, *aþalaz}}, *aþaljaz, *aþiluz, t=noble, of noble birth, from {{der, en, ine-pro, *átta, , father}}. Akin to {{cog, stq, eedel}}, {{cog, fy, eal}}, {{cog, nl, edel}}, {{cog, de, edel}}. {{cog, enm, -}} form , hathel due to conflation with {{cog, ang, hæleþ, , hero}}. See heleth.

Noun

ATHEL (plural ATHELs) (obsolete) A chief or lord.

Derived terms

{{col-auto, en, Ethelwolf, atheldom, atheling}}

Etymology 2

{{root, en, ar, ء ث ل}} From {{bor, en, ar, أَثَل}}.

Noun

ATHEL (plural ATHELs) 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.

Anagrams

Leath, ethal, lathe

Middle English

Etymology

From {{inh, enm, ang, æþele}}, æðele, eþele, from {{inh, enm, gmw-pro, aþuli}}, from {{inh, enm, gem-pro, *aþalaz}}. Cognate with {{cog, goh, adal}} ({{cog, de, edel}}), {{cog, non, aðall}}.