Old English · proper noun
Æþelred
Normalised Æþelrēd
- Part of speech
- proper noun, masculine
- Declension
- strong a-stem
- IPA
- /ˈæ.θelˌreːd/[ˈæ.ðelˌreːd]
- Syllables
- ˈæ · θel · ˌreːd (3 syllables)
- Modern English
- elr
Meaning
-
a male given name, alternative form of Æþelrǣd
Ōsrēd, þe wæs Norþanhymbra cining, æfter wræcsīþe hām cumenum ġelǣht wæs ⁊ ofslagen on XVIII Kƚ Octoƀ ⁊ his līc liġþ æt Tīnamūþe. ⁊ Æþelrēd cining feng tō nīwan wīfe, sēo wæs Ælflēd ġehāten, on III Kƚ Octobr̃.
Osred, who was king of Northumbria, was apprehended and slain on the 17th of October after coming home from his exile, and his body lies at Tynemouth. And King Aethelred took a new wife, whose name was Aelfled, on the third of October.
The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
Declension
All forms (3)
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