athel
/ˈæθəl/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.12 in modern English
8
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "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."
- "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."
Etymology
From Middle English athel, ethel, hathel (“noble; nobleman, hero”), from Old English æþele (“noble”), from Proto-West Germanic *aþulī, from Proto-Germanic *aþulijaz (“of noble birth, noble”), from *aþalą (“nature; nobility”). Cognates Akin to Saterland Frisian eedel (“noble”), Oadel (“nobility”), West Frisian eal (“noble”), Dutch adel (“nobility”), edel (“noble”), German Adel (“nobility”), edel (“noble”), Yiddish אַדל (adl, “nobility”), איידל (eydl, “noble”), Elfdalian aðel (“noble; nobility”), Faroese aðal (“noble; nobility”), Icelandic aðal (“speciality, hallmark, characteristic”), aðall (“nobility”). Middle English form hathel due to conflation with Old English hæleþ (“hero”). See heleth.
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: athel, æþele, *aþulī, *aþulijaz, ء ث ل, أَثَل
Usage
Inflected Forms
more athel (comparative)
most athel (superlative)
athil (alternative)
athill (alternative)
aethel (alternative)
æthel (alternative)
ethel (alternative)
athels (plural)