æþele

== Old English == === Alternative forms === æðele — edh spelling eþele — West Mercian, late Kentish ᚫᚦᚦᛁᛚᚫ (æþþilæ) — Ruthwell Cross === Etymology === From Proto-West Germanic *aþulī, from Proto-Germanic *aþulijaz. Cognate with Old High German adal (German edel), Old Norse aðall. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈæ.θe.le/, [ˈæ.ðe.le] === Adjective === æþele (superlative æþelest or æþelust or æþelast) noble c. 800, Ruthwell Cross: late 9th century, translation of Bede's Ecclesiastical History ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== Middle English: athel English: athel, Ethel