Wp/enm/Athelſton

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Þe famous kyng Athelſton.
Þe famous kyng Athelſton.

Athelſton, oþer Athelstan, Ethelstan, Æthelstan, Æþelstan, oþer Æðelstān, is a nome of Olde Englyſch principle. It is iſchopen of þe Olde Engliſche wordes æðel and ſtān, þat is "aþel, noble" and "ſton, ȝim, rokke". Moni gentil bern was ſwo ihoten bitwux anno dominj dcc and mc, ac þerefter wonſede þe nome aȝenes Frenſche nomes. Sithen bitidde þat Vyctoriens gonnen eft uſen þe nome, Kyng Aþelſton to wrthſchipe.

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