athel

comparative more athel · superlative most athel · alternative athil · alternative athill · alternative aethel · alternative æthel · alternative ethel

1. obsoletenoble, highborn
2. obsoleteexcellent, splendid, fine
3. obsoletegenuine, sincere, devout

plural athels · alternative athil · alternative athill · alternative aethel · alternative æthel · alternative ethel

1. obsoleteA chief or lord.

   Proclamation in that place, was plainely declared, That every hatell should him hie, in hast that he might, To Bolton in Geldowre, all in godly haste.

   c. 1515, The Scottish Field

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   To tell of his deir weid war doutles delite, And alse ter for to tell the travalis war tight. His name and his nobillay wes noght for to nyte; Thair wes na hathill sa heich, be half ane fute hicht.

   1508, Golagros and Gawane

plural athels · alternative athil · alternative athill · alternative aethel · alternative æthel · alternative ethel

1. 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.