Ath'ar, Attar

OF OTTO, n. The Indian name of the volatile oil of roses. See ATTAR OF ROSES. Ath'boy, a town of Ireland, co. Meath, prov. of Leinster, 31 m. N.W. by W. of Dublin. It is an ancient place, now in decay; but a good corn-market is still held. Pop . (1895) 881. A'theize, v . a . To render some one atheistic. Ath'el, Ad'el, Æth'el. [From A.S. ædel ; Ger. adel , noble. A prefix in many Saxon names. So, Æthelred is noble for counsel; Ethelard , noble genius; Æthel bert , eminently noble; Æthelward , a noble protector. Ath'eling, ÆTH'ELING, ETH'ELING. The same as ADE LING, q. v. Ath'elney (ISLE OF), a tract of England in the co. of Somerset, 7 m. S.E. of Bridge water, and formerly an island. Here Alfred the Great sought refuge during the Danish invasion, and founded an abbey, about a. D. 858. Ath'elstan, AD'ELSTAN, ETH'ELSTAN, or EAL'STAN, an Anglo-Saxon king, the son and succe or of Edward the Elder, and grandson of Alfred the Great, B. 895, and, on Edward's death in 925, was chosen king by the people of Marcia, and We ex. Nor thumb ria, Scotland, and the British states of Cumber land, Wales, and Cornwall, acknowledged him as their superior lord, and his alliance was courted by all the princes of Western Europe. Louis IV. of France was protected by A. during the usurpation of Raoul, and recovered the throne by his aid. The emperor Otho the Great married his sister Elgiva. In 937, Const an tine of Scotland, and other princes, formed a league against A. , who totally defeated them. He died at Gloucester, A. D. 941.