Talk:atheling
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Rfv-sense "A title of respect used in the modern pagan faith of Heathenry." Presumably a non-gloss definition which should use {{n-g}}. I'm not sure how one would look for citations; the only modern citation I can find of "my atheling" seems to be a reference to a prince and thus a use of the previous definition:
- 2007, Cynthia Breeding, My Noble Knight, page 193:
- “Can I count on you to be vigilant and not let me down?” “Yes, my atheling,” he answered with a slight tremor in his voice.
This is part of a batch of seemingly unnecessary but worded-so-as-to-seem-not-redundant senses I am cleaning up; I have no objection to deleting it more speedily that usual. - -sche (discuss) 05:53, 29 October 2012 (UTC)
- A search for "paganism"+"atheling" finds nothing relevant, either on Google Books or (more surprisingly) Google Groups. Smurrayinchester (talk) 08:55, 29 October 2012 (UTC)
- RFV-failed. - -sche (discuss) 01:13, 14 January 2013 (UTC)