Æþelred

Old English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈæ.θelˌreːd/, [ˈæ.ðelˌreːd]

Proper noun

Æþelrēd m

  1. a male given name, alternative form of Æþelrǣd
    • The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
      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.

Declension

Strong a-stem:

singular plural
nominative Æþelrēd
accusative Æþelrēd
genitive Æþelrēdes
dative Æþelrēde