Noble; illustrious; excellent.

noun. A noble; a chief; often simply a man.

noun. Race; family; ancestry; noble ancestry; nobility; honor.

adjective. Noble; illustrious

noun. A chief or lord.

noun. A prince or noble.

"The element ‘athel, aethel’ literally translates as ‘noble’, so the term is often translated as ‘nobleman’, but that doesn’t carry the royal element of the original’s meaning."