"atheling" meaning in English

{
  "antonyms": [
    {
      "sense": "antonym(s) of \"prince\"",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "hlæfdige"
    },
    {
      "sense": "antonym(s) of \"title\"",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "hlæfdige"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "enm",
        "3": "atheling"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English atheling",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ang",
        "3": "æþeling"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English æþeling",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*aþulingaz"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *aþulingaz",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "athel",
        "3": "ing"
      },
      "expansion": "athel + -ing",
      "name": "suffix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle English atheling, from Old English æþeling, from Proto-Germanic *aþulingaz. Equivalent to athel + -ing.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "athelings",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "atheling (plural athelings)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English terms suffixed with -ing",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1966, Dorothy Whitelock, The Norman Conquest, New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, page 60",
          "text": "[…]to substitute as the Confessor′s heir, the Atheling Edward (son of Edmund Ironside), who was then an exile in Hungary. After the atheling′s return from exile, and his very suspicious death in England in 1057, the Norman duke must surely have realized that his chief opponent in England was likely to be Harold Godwineson[…].",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A prince, especially an Anglo-Saxon prince or royal heir."
      ],
      "id": "en-atheling-en-noun-JwFhwHM2",
      "links": [
        [
          "prince",
          "prince"
        ],
        [
          "Anglo-Saxon",
          "Anglo-Saxon"
        ],
        [
          "heir",
          "heir"
        ]
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "athel"
        }
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "adeling"
        },
        {
          "word": "aetheling"
        },
        {
          "word": "ætheling"
        },
        {
          "word": "etheling"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈæðəlɪŋ/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "atheling"
}

{
  "antonyms": [
    {
      "sense": "antonym(s) of \"prince\"",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "hlæfdige"
    },
    {
      "sense": "antonym(s) of \"title\"",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "hlæfdige"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "enm",
        "3": "atheling"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English atheling",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ang",
        "3": "æþeling"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English æþeling",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*aþulingaz"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *aþulingaz",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "athel",
        "3": "ing"
      },
      "expansion": "athel + -ing",
      "name": "suffix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle English atheling, from Old English æþeling, from Proto-Germanic *aþulingaz. Equivalent to athel + -ing.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "athelings",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "atheling (plural athelings)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "athel"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English 3-syllable words",
        "English countable nouns",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English nouns",
        "English terms derived from Middle English",
        "English terms derived from Old English",
        "English terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
        "English terms inherited from Middle English",
        "English terms inherited from Old English",
        "English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
        "English terms suffixed with -ing",
        "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1966, Dorothy Whitelock, The Norman Conquest, New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, page 60",
          "text": "[…]to substitute as the Confessor′s heir, the Atheling Edward (son of Edmund Ironside), who was then an exile in Hungary. After the atheling′s return from exile, and his very suspicious death in England in 1057, the Norman duke must surely have realized that his chief opponent in England was likely to be Harold Godwineson[…].",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A prince, especially an Anglo-Saxon prince or royal heir."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "prince",
          "prince"
        ],
        [
          "Anglo-Saxon",
          "Anglo-Saxon"
        ],
        [
          "heir",
          "heir"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈæðəlɪŋ/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "adeling"
    },
    {
      "word": "aetheling"
    },
    {
      "word": "ætheling"
    },
    {
      "word": "etheling"
    }
  ],
  "word": "atheling"
}