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† hathel Obs. Also 5 hathil(l. [app. var. of athel.] Nobel, man of worth; man. (Chiefly in alliterative verse.)
13..Gaw. & Gr. Knt. 2065 His haþel on hors watz þenne Þat bere his spere & launce. c1350Wynnere & Wastoure (Roxb. 1897) 68 Appon ynglysse tonge ‘hethyng haue the hathell þat any harme thynkes’. a1400–50Alexander 84 Siche a somme..þat any hathil vnder heuen ware hardy to rekyn. Ibid. 2086 Þai haue hedid of oure hathils [v.r. athellys] & a hepe woundid. c1420Anturs of Arth. xxxviii, The hathels in hie, hor horses haue hente. c1440York Myst. xxxiii. 293 Why, what harmes has þis hatell here haunted? c1450Golagros & Gaw. 1299 All his hathillis in that heir. 1515[see athel]. |