Athelstan

American  

[ath-uhl-stan] / ˈæθ əlˌstæn /

Also Ethelstan or Aethelstan

noun

1. a.d. 895?–940, king of England 925–940.

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Athelstan British  

/ ˈæθəlstən /

noun

1. ?895–939 _ad , king of Wessex and Mercia (924–939 _ad ), who extended his kingdom to include most of England

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Example Sentences

The question hanging over the gray-haired head wearing the crown is whether he might be the last in a line that stretches back to Athelstan, the king who united England 1,100 years ago.

From Seattle Times • May 5, 2023

The first English king shown on a coin wearing a crown or circlet was Athelstan, who died in 939, according to the Royal Household website.

From Washington Post • Dec. 20, 2022

It awarded Wiltshire's Athelstan Museum a £380,900 grant to help it buy Turner's painting of Malmesbury Abbey, which had been in private hands for the last 40 years.

From BBC • Aug. 24, 2021

Now we have to start hating Floki again because he’s killed Athelstan, because his pride has swelled so enormously, because his madness is so consuming.

From Forbes • Apr. 2, 2015

—Mention of this road, in the neighbourhood of Malmsbury, occurs in two charters of the Saxon kings Athelstan and Eadwig, Nos.

From Notes and Queries, Vol. IV, Number 100, September 27, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. by Various