Etymograph : æðele

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N

noble, eminent, not only in blood or by descent, but in mind, excellent, famous, singular

Source: https://bosworthtoller.com/940, https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/æðele#Old_English

Attested in Ælfric's Lives of Saints - Saint Eugenia

originates from: PGmc *aþulja- "noble" (aþulja- > aþulj > aþuli > æþuli > aþuli > aþul > aþol) through pgmc-to-oe

Component of compounds

æþelboren "noble-born"