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IETHELING , an Anglo-Saxon word compounded of cethele, or ethel, meaning See also:

NOBLE, SIR ANDREW (1832- )

noble, and See also:

ING

ing, belonging to, and akin to the See also:

MODERN

modern See also:

German words Adel, See also:

NOBILITY

nobility, and adelig, noble. During the earliest years of the Anglo-Saxon See also:

RULE

rule in See also:

England the word was probably used to denote any See also:

PERSON, OFFENCES AGAINST THE

person of noble See also:

BIRTH (a word common in various forms to Teutonic languages from the root of the verb " to bear ")

birth. Its use was, however, soon restricted to members of a royal See also:

FAMILY

family, and in the Anglo-Saxon See also:

CHRONICLE (from Gr. Xpovos, time)

Chronicle it is used almost exclusively for members of the royal See also:

house of Wessex. It was occasionally used after the See also:

Norman See also:

CONQUEST

Conquest to designate members of the royal family. The earlier See also:

PART

part of the word formed part of the name of several Anglo-Saxon See also:

KINGS, FIRST AND SECOND BOOKS OF

kings, e.g. "Ethelbert, "See also:

ETHELWULF

Ethelwulf, "See also:

ETHELRED

Ethelred, and was used obviously to indicate their noble birth. According to a document which probably See also:

DATES

dates from the loth See also:

CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century, the See also:

WERGILD, WERGELD

wergild of an aetheling was fixed at 15,000 thrymsas, or 11,250 shillings. This wergild is equal to that of an See also:

ARCHBISHOP (Lat. archiepiscopus, from Gr. apxceatorcoros)

archbishop and one-See also:

HALF

half of that of a See also:

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