Edling
Edling (Welsh: etifedd) was a title given to the agreed successor or heir apparent of a reigning Welsh monarch. It is related to the English term Æþeling. While Æþeling or "noble child" (for example, see Edgar the Ætheling) was used in Anglo-Saxon England before the Norman Conquest to denote one of "royal blood", the Welsh use had a more precise meaning and denoted the acknowledged heir to the throne, usually the ruler's eldest son, although any son (legitimate or illegitimate) could be chosen as edling. In 1923, the academic T. H. Parry-Williams identified the title as being borrowed from Old English. However, David Dumville has argued that the term may have been borrowed at a later date from Middle English. The term has been used in Welsh poetry, including by Iolo Goch when praising Roger Mortimer as heir to Richard II.
Edling (Welsh: etifedd) was a title given to the agreed successor or heir apparent of a reigning Welsh monarch.[1] It is related to the English term Æþeling.
While Æþeling or "noble child" (for example, see Edgar the Ætheling) was used in Anglo-Saxon England before the Norman Conquest to denote one of "royal blood",[2] the Welsh use had a more precise meaning and denoted the acknowledged heir to the throne, usually the ruler's eldest son, although any son (legitimate or illegitimate) could be chosen as edling.[3]
In 1923, the academic T. H. Parry-Williams identified the title as being borrowed from Old English.[4] However, David Dumville has argued that the term may have been borrowed at a later date from Middle English.[2][5]
The term has been used in Welsh poetry, including by Iolo Goch when praising Roger Mortimer as heir to Richard II.[5]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ John Thomas Koch (2006) Celtic culture: a historical encyclopedia. ABC CLIO. p. 946. ISBN 1-85109-440-7
- ^ a b Dumville, David N. (1979). "The ætheling: a study in Anglo-Saxon constitutional history". Anglo-Saxon England. 8: 1–33. ISSN 0263-6751. Retrieved 24 February 2025.
- ^ Medieval Wales. welshicons.org.uk
- ^ Parry-Williams, T. H. (Thomas Herbert) (1923). The English element in Welsh; a study of English loan-words in Welsh. London Issued by the Honourable society of Cymmrodorion. pp. 12, 26. Retrieved 24 February 2025.
- ^ a b Matonis, A. T. E. (1978). "Traditions of Panegyric in Welsh Poetry: The Heroic and the Chivalric". Speculum. 53 (4): 667–687. doi:10.2307/2849780. ISSN 0038-7134. Retrieved 24 February 2025.
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