Ethelred.
A male given name from Old English Æþelræd (“noble counsel, well-advised”), variant of Aethelred and Æthelred.
Meaning & usage
A male given name from Old English Æþelræd (“noble counsel, well-advised”), variant of Aethelred and Æthelred. Ethelred I, King of Wessex between 865 and his death in 871.
A male given name from Old English Æþelræd (“noble counsel, well-advised”), variant of Aethelred and Æthelred. Ethelred II “the Unready”, King of the English between 978 and his death in 1016.
Where this word comes from
Learned borrowing from Old English Æþelrǣd, Æþelred, Æðelred, from æþele (“noble”) + rǣd (“counsel, advice”).
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