Æþelo

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æþelo

Add: f. and in pl. n. I. nature, (a) in respect to other than rational beings :-- Nim swá wuda swá wyrt of þǽre stówe þe his eard and æþelo biþ on tó weaxanne, and sette on uncynde stówe him, ðonne ne gegréwþ hit ðǽr náuht, Bt. 34, 10; F. 148, 26. Hé þǽre sunnan wlite herede æðelo cræftas reahte (cf. hé herede þǽre sunnan gecynd and hiore cræftas and hiore biorhto, Bt. 41, 1; F. 244, 7), Met. 30, 7. Deáde gesceafte ferðgewit of hyra æðelum ǽnig ne cúðen, Cri. 1185. Monige cynn þe wé æðelu ne magon áreccan, Pa. 2. Ic þæs beámes mæg æðelu secgan, Rä. 56, 8. (b) in respect to rational beings :-- Him ides æfter æðelum (in the natural course) eaforan fédde, Gen. 1054. II. condition determined by birth or descent :-- Þæt is cúð hwanon þám ordfruman æðelu onwócon; hé wæs áféded on þysse folcsceare. An. 683. Þá wǽron æðelum Abrahames bearn by birth they were children of Abraham, Dan. 193. Fór cynn æfter cynne; cúðe ǽghwilc mǽgburga riht, eorla æðelo, Exod. 353. IIa. noble condition that comes from birth or descent :-- Sceolon gelýfan eorlas hwæt mín æðelo sién (men shall believe my divinity), An. 735. Cniht þág swá him cynde wǽron æðelo from yldrum, Gen. 2772: 1716. Him from Myrgingum æðelu onwócon, Víd. 5. Geðence hé ðá æðelu (nobilitatem) ðǽre æfterran ácennesse ... Be ðǽm æðelum (nobilitati) ðæs gǽstes (thenobility that comes from spiritual birth) Petrus cwæd : Gē sint ācoren kynn Gode and kynelices preósthādes. Past. 85, 14-19. Ic wylle mīne ædelo eallum gecȳdan, þæt ic wæs on Myrcon miccles cynnes. By. 216. Ǣlc mon de allunga underþeóded biþ unþeáwum forlǣt his fruman sceaft and his æþelo, Bt. 30, 2; F. 110, 22: Met. 17, 25. II b. noble birth, nobility :-- Hwȳ gē eów for ædelum up āhebben, Met. 17, 18. Deád forsiehd þā æþelo, and þone rīcan gelīce and þone heánan foriwelgþ, Bt. 30, l; F. 68, 33. Ðæt ān ic wāt gōdes on þā æþelu, ꝥ manigne mon sceamaþ ꝥ hē weorþe wyrsa donne his eldran wǣron, Bt. 30, I; S. 69, 12. Hē forseah eordlic ædelu, gemunde hām in heo-fonum, Gū. 68. III. nobility, excellence :-- Þæt Israhēla ædelu mōten ofer middangeard rīcsian, ǣcræft eorla, El. 433. Ædelum cræftige excellently skilful, 315. IV. nobility in a concrete, collective sense(?), noble things :-- Heáhhliodo horde onfēngon and ædelum eác eordan tūdres. Gen. 1440. Flōd āhōf earce from eordan and þā ædelo mid, 1389. [O. Sax. adali; n. noble family: O. H. Ger. adal, edeli; n. prosapia, genus, nobilitas; ediī; f. generositas: Icel. adal; n. nature.] æþelo,æðelo