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ðele
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-
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aþulj
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aþuli
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æþuli
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aþuli
>
aþul
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aþol) through pgmc-to-oe
Component of compounds
æþelboren
'noble-born'
in
Ælfric's Lives of Saints - Saint Eugenia
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