Definitions For Athel

Adjective

noble, highborn excellent, splendid, fine genuine, sincere, devout

Descendants

Alternative forms

Etymology 1

From Middle English athel, ethel, hathel, t=noble; nobleman, hero, from , from , from , *aþaljaz, *aþiluz, t=noble, of noble birth, from . Akin to , , , . form , hathel due to conflation with . See heleth.

Noun

ATHEL (plural ATHELs) (obsolete) A chief or lord.

Derived terms

atheldom atheling

Etymology 2

From .

Noun

ATHEL (plural ATHELs) A kind of tamarisk native to northern Africa and the Middle East, Tamarix aphylla, planted widely elsewhere as a shade tree and a windbreak due to its tolerance of heat and of alkaline soils, but tending to become invasive outside of its native range.

Anagrams

Leath, ethal, hatel, lathe

Middle English

Etymology

From , æðele, eþele, from , from . Cognate with (), .