Etheling

He whom they had called the Etheling drew himself up alertly.

The Ward of King Canute; a romance of the Danish conquest 1893

The titles of honor among our Saxon ancestors were, Etheling, prince of the blond: chancellor, assistant to the king in giving judgments: alderman, or ealderman, (not earldonnan, as Rapin Thoyras writes this word in his first edition,) governor or viceroy.

The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Principal Saints January, February, March Alban Butler

They on the other part make as stout resistance; and perceiuing that it stood them vpon, either to vanquish or to fall into vtter ruine, they raise a mightie strong host, and make Edgar Etheling their capteine, a comelie gentleman and

Chronicles of England, Scotland and Ireland (2 of 6) England (1 of 12) William the Conqueror Raphael Holinshed

Etheling, who then serued K. Malcolme in his wars, concluded a peace betwixt his brother and the said Malcolme, vpon certeine articles, by vertue wherof certeine places in Northumberland were restored vnto

Chronicles of England, Scotland and Ireland (2 of 6): England (2 of 12) William Rufus Raphael Holinshed

You recall that the Etheling Ethelwold, the son of Alfred's brother Ethelred, took sides with the Danes.

Kathleen Christopher Morley 1923

In the revulsion of his feelings, the Etheling laughed outright.

The Ward of King Canute; a romance of the Danish conquest 1893

Etheling bent forward to gaze incredulously into the man's face.

The Ward of King Canute; a romance of the Danish conquest 1893

The bare stone hall into which the boy ushered him was the same room in which he had had his last audience, and now as then the King sat in the great carved chair by the chimney-piece, but other things were so changed that inside the threshold the Etheling checked his swinging stride to gaze incredulously.

The Ward of King Canute; a romance of the Danish conquest 1893

Seizing the Etheling by the shoulders, before he could raise finger in resistance, he thrust him through the open doorway into the garden, a target for every startled glance.

The Ward of King Canute; a romance of the Danish conquest 1893

Though he endured it amiably enough, the Etheling appeared in some haste to offer a diversion.

The Ward of King Canute; a romance of the Danish conquest 1893