Gender Masculine

Meaning & History

Variant of Æðelstan.

Related Names

Rootsæðele + stan
Other Languages & CulturesAthelstan(English) Aðalsteinn(Icelandic) Aðalsteinn(Old Norse)
Same SpellingÆðelstan

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Sources & References

  1. Prosopography of Anglo-Saxon England, available from http://www.pase.ac.uk/jsp/index.jsp.
  2. Searle, William George. Onomasticon Anglo-Saxonicum. Cambridge, 1897, page 51.
Entry updated February 4, 2020