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adeling

/ˈæ.də.lɪŋ/

adeling is the alternative form of atheling.

Meaning of atheling

Noun

atheling (plural athelings)

  1. (otherwise obsolete) A prince; especially, an Anglo-Saxon prince or royal heir.
    • […]to substitute as the Confessor′s heir, the Atheling Edward (son of Edmund Ironside), who was then an exile in Hungary. After the atheling′s return from exile, and his very suspicious death in England in 1057, the Norman duke must surely have realized that his chief opponent in England was likely...1966, Dorothy Whitelock, The Norman Conquest, New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, page 60

Forms of adeling

pluraladelings

Questions about adeling

What is adeling the alternative form of?
Adeling is the alternative form of atheling.
How do you pronounce adeling?
Adeling is pronounced /ˈæ.də.lɪŋ/.

Words near adeling in the dictionary

  1. Adelie penguin
  2. Adelie penguins
  3. Adelies
  4. Adelina
  5. Adeline
  6. adeling
  7. adelings
  8. adelita
  9. adelitas
  10. adelite
  11. adelites

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Adapted from Wiktionary: adeling (page history and authors); atheling (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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