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Definition of Athelings
1. atheling [n] - See also: atheling
Lexicographical Neighbors of Athelings
Literary usage of Athelings
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Short Constitutional History of England by Henry St. Clair Feilden (1895)
"The athelings. The word Atheling, (Ethel), at first denoted any one of noble
blood, but, with the rise of the thegns and the consequent absorption of the ..."
2. The History of Normandy and of England by Francis Palgrave (1864)
"The athelings, his cousins, our hallowed Edward and his brother Alfred, sheltered
by their kins- Am*, " man's power, had sought and found a refuge in j^'ion ..."
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