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Encyclopedia Britannica



IETHELING

This article appears in Volume V01, Page 290 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: I27-INV
IETHELING , an Anglo-Saxon word compounded of cethele, or ethel, meaning noble, and ing, belonging to, and akin to the modern German words Adel,
nobility
 , and adelig, noble. During the earliest years of the Anglo-Saxon
rule
  in England the word was probably used to denote any person of noble
birth
 . Its use was, however, soon restricted to members of a royal family, and in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle it is used almost exclusively for members of the royal
house
  of Wessex. It was occasionally used after the Norman Conquest to designate members of the royal family. The earlier
part
  of the word formed
part
  of the name of several Anglo-Saxon kings, e.g. "Ethelbert, "
Ethelwulf
 , "
Ethelred
 , and was used obviously to indicate their noble
birth
 . According to a document which probably
dates
  from the loth century, the wergild of an aetheling was fixed at 15,000 thrymsas, or 11,250 shillings. This wergild is equal to that of an archbishop and one-half of that of a king.


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