Ætheling
Anglo-Saxon term for a royal prince / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Ætheling (/ˈæθəlɪŋ/; also spelt aetheling, atheling or etheling) was an Old English term (æþeling) used in Anglo-Saxon England to designate princes of the royal dynasty who were eligible for the kingship.
The term is an Old English and Old Saxon compound of aethele, æþele or (a)ethel, meaning "noble family", and -ing, which means "belonging to".[1] It was usually rendered in Latin as filius regis (king's son) or the Anglo-Latin neologism clito.
Ætheling can be found in the Suffolk toponym of Athelington.