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Æðelréd

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Æðelréd, Æðeréd, es; m. [æðele, réd = rǽd counsel] .
Æthelred, third son of Æthelwulf, and brother of Alfred the Great. Æthelred was king of Wessex for five years, A.D. 866-871; Æthelred, Æthelrédus
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  • Hér féng Æðelréd to West Seaxna ríce

    here, A. D. 866, Æthelred succeeded to the kingdom of the West Saxons,

    • Chr. 866; Erl. 73, 1
    • .
  • Æfter Eástron gefór Æðelréd [MS. Æðeréd] cining; and he rícsode [MS. ríxade] v gear

    after Easter [A. D. 871] king Æthelred died; and he reigned five years,

    • 871; Erl. 77, 1
    • .
Æðelréd
Æthelred Atheling, the second son of Edgar. Æthelred was king of Wessex, Mercia, and Northumbria, for thirty-eight years, A.D. 978-1016
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  • Hér, Æðelréd æðeling féng to ðam ríce

    here [A. D. 978] Æthelred Atheling succeeded to the kingdom,

    • Chr. 978; Th. 232, 3, col. 1
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  • A.D. 1016, Ðá gelamp hit ðæt se cyning Æðelréd forþférde

    then, A. D. 1016, it happened that king Æthelred died,

    • 1016; Erl. 155, 15
    • .
Æðelréd, Æðeréd
Æthelred, a Mercian nobleman.
  • Th. Diplm. A.D. 896; 139, 11
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  • Chr. 912; Erl. 101, 46
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v. Æðelrǽd.
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v.  Æðeréd.
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  • Æðelréd, n.