æþel

== Old English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈæː.θel/, [ˈæː.ðel] === Etymology 1 === From Proto-West Germanic *ōþil (“homeland”) from Proto-Germanic *ōþalą. Cognate with Old Saxon oðil, Old Frisian ethel, Old High German uodil, Old Norse óðal. ==== Noun ==== ǣþel m homeland (ancestral territory) alternative form of ēþel ===== Declension ===== Strong a-stem: === Etymology 2 === Apocopic form of æþele (adjective). ==== Adjective ==== æþel alternative form of æþele