Middle-English Word of the Day - January 31, 2008
Hathel (n.) - of good birth, a noble, a lord (also spelled "athel").
By that any daylyght lemed vpon erthe
He with his hatheles on hyghe horsses weren.
thenne thise cacheres that couthe cowpled hor houndez,
Vnclosed the kenel dore and calde hem theroute,
Blwe bygly in buglez thre bare mote;
- Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (1400)
Pronunciation: /hATEl/
Key
/h/ h in hat, ahead
/A/ a in father
/T/ th in myth or thin
/E/ e in met
/l/ l in lily
The Middle-English Word of the Day is selected from Mayhew and Skeat's
"Concise Dictionary of Middle English."
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http://www.pbm.com/~lindahl/concise/concise.html
The example text was found at the
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of the
University of Virginia Library.
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The approximate pronunciation is determined using Carol Hamill's Middle English Pronunciation Guide
and noted using upon the ASCII-IPA Standard
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http://www.kirshenbaum.net/IPA/
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