The Collaborative International Dictionary
Adeling
Adeling \Ad"el*ing\, n. Same as Atheling.
Adeling
Atheling \Ath"el*ing\ ([a^]th"[e^]l*[i^]ng), n. [AS. [ae][eth]eling noble, fr. [ae][eth]ele noble, akin to G. adel nobility, edel noble. The word [ae][eth]el, E. ethel, is in many AS. proper names, as Ethelwolf, noble wolf; Ethelbald, noble bold; Ethelbert, noble bright.] An Anglo-Saxon prince or nobleman; esp., the heir apparent or a prince of the royal family. [Written also Adeling and [AE]theling.]
Wiktionary
adeling
n. a prince, especially an Anglo-Saxon prince or royal heir
Usage examples of "adeling".
I thank, too, his courtesy, and that of his companion, which hath brought them hither to behold the widow of Adeling, the mother of Athelstane, in her deep hour of sorrow and lamentation.