[äðeling], st. m., nobleman, man of noble descent, especially the appellation of a man of royal birth; so of the kings of the Danes, [3]; of Scyld, [33]; of Hrôðgâr, [130]; of Sigemund, [889]; of Beówulf, [1226], [1245], [1597], [1816], [2189], [2343], [2375], [2425], [2716], [3136]; perhaps also of Däghrefn, [2507];—then, in a broader sense, also denoting other noble-born men: Äschere, [1295]; Hrôðgâr's courtiers, [118], [983]; Heremôd's courtiers, [907]; Hengest's warriors, [1113]; Beówulf's retinue, [1805], [1921], [3172]; noble-born in general, [2889]. —Comp. sib-äðeling.
[äðelu], st. n., only in the pl., noble descent, nobility, in the sense of noble lineage: acc. pl. äðelu, [392]; dat. pl. cyning äðelum gôd, the king, of noble birth, [1871]; äðelum dióre, worthy on account of noble lineage, [1950]; äðelum (hæleþum, MS.), [332].—Comp. fäder-äðelu.
[äfnan], w. v. w. acc., to perform, to carry out, to accomplish: inf. ellen-weorc äfnan, to do a heroic deed, [1465]; pret. unriht äfnde, perpetrated wrong, [1255].
ge-[äfnan], 1) to carry out, to do, to accomplish: pret. pl. þät geäfndon swâ, so carried that out, [538]; pret. part. âð wäs geäfned, the oath was sworn, [1108].—2) get ready, prepare: pret. part. geäfned, [3107]. See [efnan].
[äfter] (comparative of af, Ags. of, which see; hence it expresses the idea of forth, away, from, back), a) adv., thereupon, afterwards, [12], [341], [1390], [2155].—ic him äfter sceal, I shall go after them, [2817]; in word äfter cwäð, [315], the sense seems to be, spoke back, having turned; b) prep. w. dat., 1) (temporal) after, [119], [128], [187], [825], [1939], etc.; äfter beorne, after the (death of) the hero, [2261], so [2262]; äfter mâððum-welan, after (obtaining) the treasure, [2751].—2) (causal) as proceeding from something, denoting result and purpose, hence, in consequence of, conformably to: äfter rihte, in accordance with right, [1050], [2111]; äfter faroðe, with the current, [580]; so [1321], [1721], [1944], [2180], etc., äfter heaðo-swâte, in consequence of the blood of battle, [1607]; äfter wälnîðe, in consequence of mortal enmity, [85]; in accordance with, on account of, after, about: äfter äðelum (hæleþum, MS.)frägn, asked about the descent, [332]; ne frin þu äfter sælum, ask not after my welfare, [1323]; äfter sincgyfan greóteð, weeps for the giver of treasure, [1343]; him äfter deórum men dyrne langað, longs in secret for the dear man, [1880]; ân äfter ânum, one for the other, [2462], etc.—3) (local), along: äfter gumcynnum, throughout the races of men, among men, [945]; sôhte bed äfter bûrum, sought a bed among the rooms of the castle (the castle was fortified, the hall was not), [140]; äfter recede wlât, looked along the hall, [1573]; stone äfter stâne, smelt along the rocks, [2289]; äfter lyfte, along the air through the air, [2833]; similarly, [996], [1068], [1317], etc.
[äf-þunca], w. m., anger, chagrin, vexatious affair: nom., [502].
[äled] (Old Sax. eld, O.N. edl-r), st. m., fire, [3016]. [æled.]
[äled-leóma], w. m., (fire-light), torch: acc. sg. leóman, [3126]. See [leóma].
[äl-fylce] (from äl-, Goth. ali-s, ἄλλος, and fylce, O.N. fylki, collective form from folc), st. n., other folk, hostile army: dat. pl. wið älfylcum, [2372].