Aethelred
See also: Æthelred
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Etymology edit
Learned borrowing from Old English Æþelræd, Æðelred, from æþele (“noble”) + rǣd (“counsel, advice”).
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Aethelred
- A male given name from Old English Æþelræd (“noble counsel, well-advised”), variant of Ethelred or Æthelred
- A male given name of historical usage, notably borne by Aethelred I, King of Wessex between 865 and his death in 871
- A male given name of historical usage, notably borne by Aethelred II “the Unready”, King of the English between 978 and his death in 1016
Further reading edit
- “Aethelred”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
- “Ethelred II”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.
- “Ethelred”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
- “Aethelred”, in Collins English Dictionary.
- “Aethelred”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
- Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “Ethelred”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.