Crossword clues for atheling
atheling
The Collaborative International Dictionary
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.]
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"member of a noble family," Old English æðling, from æðel "noble family," related to Old English æðele "noble," from Proto-Germanic *athala-, from PIE *at-al- "race, family," from *at(i)- "over, beyond, super" + *al- "to nourish." With suffix -ing "belonging to." A common Germanic word (cognates: Old Saxon ediling, Old Frisian etheling, Old High German adaling).
Wiktionary
n. A prince, especially an Anglo-Saxon prince or royal heir.
Usage examples of "atheling".
I take it that Charvat is defending an author named Hammett, and Atheling prefers a later writer, named Chandler.
Charvat and Atheling, Bones was setting his sights for Sharon Follett.
Hixon finished with Atheling, he promptly stretched out and went back to sleep.
Although his exact words escaped Gerard, the meaning was clear enough: profuse welcomes to the noble atheling and how might he be served?
And probably the enchanters would not dare charge the atheling anything.
Gerard watched the atheling depart with his son and the other three attendants.
Royal Highness, I have the honor to present His Highness, Atheling Aeled, Earl of Catterstow.
Obviously an atheling should be better mounted than his thegn, although by then he knew enough not to put his grievance in those terms.
It was also true that rank disobedience like this might lose him Cwealm and the sun was not far from setting, but when Aylwin put the matter in terms of danger he was left with no choice--for an atheling must never show fear, no matter how dry his mouth.
Not many ten-year-olds could have worked that out, but an atheling had to be more clever than others.
It was then that Atheling Radgar went on a royal procession, accompanied by Aylwin and a few other twelve-year-old boys and girls, all dressed in court finery of purple and ermine.
King Aeled and his lady queen were journeying in state to Twigeport with Atheling Radgar as helmsman!
Whatever else might happen that afternoon, no one would need or want Radgar Atheling for anything until at least sundown and the feast in the hall, probably not much even then.
An hour or so later, during one of the brief adjournments, a pock-faced cniht summoned the atheling to his father, who had gone outside for some air and was now lurking in a shadowy corner near the kitchens.
When the fyrd deposed him, his successor might decide to tidy up any atheling problems left around.