† ethelbornadj.n.

Forms: early Old English eðelboren (Kentish), Old English æþelboran (rare), Old English æðelboren, Old English æþelborn- (inflected form), Old English eþelborenum (dative plural, in transcript of lost MS), Old English–early Middle English æþelboren, 1800s–1900s ethelborn.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: athel adj., born adj.

Etymology: < athel adj. + born adj.The word was revived in historical use in the 19th cent.

Obsolete (Anglo-Saxon History in later use).

Born into a noble family, high-born. Also as n. (with the and plural agreement): the nobility.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > social class > nobility > [adjective] > of birth

well-bornOE

ethelbornOE

athelOE

high-bornc1275

noblec1300

great-kinned?c1450

nobly-born1586

ingenious1638

ingenuous1638

gently-born1871

thegn-born1874

hochgeboren1930

OE Ælfric Catholic Homilies: 1st Ser. (Royal) (1997) xix. 326 Nu ealle cristene men ægðer ge rice, ge heane, ge æþelborene, ge unæþelborene, & se hlaford & se þeowa, ealle hi sind gebroðra.

OE Rule St. Benet (Corpus Cambr.) lix.103 Gif hwylc rice mon and æþelboren [a1225 Winteney æþelboren] his bearn Gode on mynstre geoffrian wile.

lOE Anglo-Saxon Chron. (Laud) (Peterborough interpolation) anno 654 He wæs swyðe æþelboren on weorulde & rice.

1819 J. Lingard Hist. Eng. I. vii. 348 Among the ethel-born the first place was occupied by the cyning or king.

1844 Ld. Brougham Brit. Constit. i. 11 The violation of an ethel born or noble woman.

1845 J. Lingard Hist. & Antiq. Anglo-Saxon Church (ed. 3) II. App. f. 394 The prejudices of the Ethelborn Saxons.

1903 O. A. Liljencrantz Ward of King Canute ix. 50 I tell you, nothing but a warrior's life becomes ethel-born men.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	ethelborn
释义	† ethelbornadj.n. Forms: early Old English eðelboren (Kentish), Old English æþelboran (rare), Old English æðelboren, Old English æþelborn- (inflected form), Old English eþelborenum (dative plural, in transcript of lost MS), Old English–early Middle English æþelboren, 1800s–1900s ethelborn. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: athel adj., born adj. Etymology: < athel adj. + born adj.The word was revived in historical use in the 19th cent. Obsolete (Anglo-Saxon History in later use). Born into a noble family, high-born. Also as n. (with the and plural agreement): the nobility. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social class > nobility > [adjective] > of birth well-bornOE ethelbornOE athelOE high-bornc1275 noblec1300 great-kinned?c1450 nobly-born1586 ingenious1638 ingenuous1638 gently-born1871 thegn-born1874 hochgeboren1930 OE Ælfric Catholic Homilies: 1st Ser. (Royal) (1997) xix. 326 Nu ealle cristene men ægðer ge rice, ge heane, ge æþelborene, ge unæþelborene, & se hlaford & se þeowa, ealle hi sind gebroðra. OE Rule St. Benet (Corpus Cambr.) lix.103 Gif hwylc rice mon and æþelboren [a1225 Winteney æþelboren] his bearn Gode on mynstre geoffrian wile. lOE Anglo-Saxon Chron. (Laud) (Peterborough interpolation) anno 654 He wæs swyðe æþelboren on weorulde & rice. 1819 J. Lingard Hist. Eng. I. vii. 348 Among the ethel-born the first place was occupied by the cyning or king. 1844 Ld. Brougham Brit. Constit. i. 11 The violation of an ethel born or noble woman. 1845 J. Lingard Hist. & Antiq. Anglo-Saxon Church (ed. 3) II. App. f. 394 The prejudices of the Ethelborn Saxons. 1903 O. A. Liljencrantz Ward of King Canute ix. 50 I tell you, nothing but a warrior's life becomes ethel-born men. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < adj.n.OE
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