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Ethelredus.

Ethelred, Aethelred

10 characters4 syllables approx.Latina language

Meaning & usage

name[ɛ.tʰɛɫˈreː.dʊs]Classical-Latin[e.telˈrɛː.dus]

  1. Ethelred, Aethelred

    Medieval-Latin · New-Latin · declension-2

  2. Ethelred, Aethelred a male given name from Old English Æþelræd (“noble counsel”), meaning “well-advised”, equivalent to English Ethelred, Aethelred, or Æthelred; variant forms Aethelredus, Æthelredus a male given name of historical usage, notably borne by Ethelred I, King of Wessex between 865 and his death in 871

    Medieval-Latin · New-Latin · declension-2

  3. Ethelred, Aethelred a male given name from Old English Æþelræd (“noble counsel”), meaning “well-advised”, equivalent to English Ethelred, Aethelred, or Æthelred; variant forms Aethelredus, Æthelredus a male given name of historical usage, notably borne by Ethelred II “the Unready”, King of the English between 978 and his death in 1016

    Medieval-Latin · New-Latin · declension-2
Where this word comes from

From Old English Æþelrǣd, Æþelred, Æðelred, from Proto-Germanic *Aþalarēdaz.

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