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ethel

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See also: Ethel and eþel

English

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈɛθəl/
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Etymology 1

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Learned borrowing from Middle English ethel, from Old English ǣþel, ēþel.

Noun

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ethel

  1. The letter Œ/œ, or the rune .
Alternative forms
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Synonyms
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  • (letter, rune): odal
Translations
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Adjective

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ethel

  1. (obsolete) Noble.
    • 1856, Samuel Klinefelter Hoshour, Letters to Squire Pedant, in the East, page 33:
      [] that he was of a doughty and ethel stirp. His ayle and eam had both been bellipotent; []
    • 1861, Henry Brougham, The British Constitution: Its History, Structure, and Working, page 140:
      The violation of an ethel born or noble woman was paid for by a higher murde than that of an un-ethel or common person. The murder of all persons was in like manner paid for by a were or were-geld, nicely adjusted to their relative rank.
    • 1921, The Judge, page 5:
      "I have come to seek your counsel in your most ethel of ethical capacities. My problem is wholly mechanical."

Etymology 2

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Noun

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ethel (plural ethels)

  1. Alternative form of athel (tamarisk).

Anagrams

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Middle English

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Noun

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ethel

  1. homeland, ancestral territory (especially of the Anglo-Saxons or other Germanic peoples)
  2. patrimony

Adjective

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ethel

  1. athel (i.e., noble)