English Explanatory Dictionary

Athelstan

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A male given name.
  2. A surname.
  3. A small town south of Huntingdon in Quebec, Canada.
  4. A community in Iowa.
  5. A king of the Anglo-Saxons.

Pronunciation

/ˈæθ.əlˌstæn/ /ˈæθ.ɛlˌstæn/

Word forms

Athelstan Athelstane

Etymology

An Anglo-Saxon male given name derived from Old English æþele (“noble”) and stān (“stone”), meaning "Gem". Old English variants are Æþelstān and Æðelstān. In modern English it is also found as Æthelstan, Athelstane, Addleston, Athelston, Athelstone and Ethelstone, usually surnames or place names. It is akin to the Dutch noun edelsteen and German noun and surname Edelstein and the Icelandic male given name Aðalsteinn.

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