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atheling

or ٳ··Բ

[ ath-uh-ling, ath- ]

noun

Early English History.
  1. a man of royal blood; a prince.


atheling

/ ˈæθɪɪŋ /

noun

  1. (in Anglo-Saxon England) a prince of any of the royal dynasties
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of atheling1

First recorded before 1000; Middle English; Old English æٳԲ (cognate with Old High German ediling, adalung, Old Saxon ethiling ), equivalent to æٳ() “noble family” (cognate with Old High German adoul, German Adel, Old Saxon athal(i), Old Norse athal “nature”; akin to Tocharian ä “man”) + -ing noun suffix; -ing 3
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of atheling1

Old English æٳԲ, from æٳ noble family + -ing ³; related to Old High German adaling, Old Norse öٳԲ
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Like William Ætheling, Arthur's birth represented a new beginning.

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Despite having more than 20 half-siblings, William Ætheling was likely the only legitimate son of Henry I, King of England and Duke of Normandy.

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In a post about the Carcosa–Yellow King mythos’ relationship to True Detective, Alyssa Rosenberg pointed to a story by James Blish called “More Light,” in which a character named James Blish visits a friend named Bill Atheling, who is in poor health because he has been reading The King In Yellow, the mythical play that drives its readers insane.

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Atheling tells Blish that he hasn’t shown his wife the text, and Blish understands why.

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While it won’t carry an enormous amount of clout in the Atheling, it will have some influence: the two most successful parties, the center-right Independence and Progressive parties, have only 19 members of parliament each.

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