Usually means: Noble, high-ranking Anglo-Saxon title.
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  1. athel: Merriam-Webster
  2. Athel, athel: Wordnik
  3. athel: Wiktionary
  4. Athel: Infoplease Dictionary
  5. athel: Dictionary.com
  6. athel: Webster's 1828 Dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (athel)

adjective:  (obsolete) noble, highborn
adjective:  (obsolete) excellent, splendid, fine
adjective:  (obsolete) genuine, sincere, devout
noun:  (obsolete) A chief or lord.
noun:  A kind of tamarisk native to northern Africa and the Middle East, Tamarix aphylla, planted widely elsewhere as a shade tree and a windbreak due to its tolerance of heat and of alkaline soils, but tending to become invasive outside of its native range.

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