Alfred

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Proper noun 1.2.1 Translations 1.3 Quotations 1.4 Related terms 1.5 Anagrams 2 Danish 2.1 Proper noun 3 Finnish 3.1 Proper noun 3.1.1 Declension 4 French 4.1 Proper noun 5 German 5.1 Proper noun 6 Norwegian 6.1 Proper noun 7 Swedish 7.1 Proper noun

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[edit] Etymology

From Old English ælf- = "elf" + -ræd or -rēd = "counsel".

[edit] Proper noun

Singular Alfred

Plural -

Alfred

1. Alfred the Great, early king of England
2. A male given name.

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• 1980 Graham Greene: Doctor Fisher of Geneva, or the Bomb Party

  Unfortunately for me my father had combined diplomacy with a study of Anglo-Saxon history and, of course with my mother's consent, he gave me the name of Alfred, one of his heroes ( I believe she had boggled at Aelfred ). This Christian name, for some inexplicable reason, had become corrupted in the eyes of our middle-class world; it belonged exclusively now to the working class and was usually abbreviated to Alf. Perhaps that was why Doctor Fisher, the inventor of Dentophil Bouquet, never called me anything but Jones, even after I married his daughter.

• 1998 Steven Herrick, A Place Like This, Univ. of Queensland Press, ISBN 0702229849, page 86:

  You give a kid a name like Cameron / or Alfred, or something like that, / and they end up wearing glasses / and looking at computers for the rest of their life.

[edit] Related terms

• Alf
• Alfie
• Alfreda

[edit] Anagrams

• Anagrams of adeflr
• fardel
• flared

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[edit] Danish

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Alfred

1. A male given name of English origin.

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[edit] Finnish

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Alfred

1. A male given name.
2. Alfred Nussi

[edit] Declension

Declension of Alfred (type risti) singular plural nominative Alfred Alfredit genitive Alfredin Alfredien partitive Alfredia Alfredeja accusative Alfred Alfredin Alfredit inessive Alfredissa Alfredeissa elative Alfredista Alfredeista illative Alfrediin Alfredeihin adessive Alfredilla Alfredeilla ablative Alfredilta Alfredeilta allative Alfredille Alfredeille essive Alfredina Alfredeina translative Alfrediksi Alfredeiksi instructive – Alfredein abessive Alfreditta Alfredeitta comitative – Alfredeineen

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[edit] French

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Alfred

1. A male given name of English origin.

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[edit] German

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Alfred

1. A male given name of English origin, fashionable in the 19th century.

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[edit] Norwegian

[edit] Proper noun

Alfred

1. A male given name of English origin.

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[edit] Swedish

[edit] Proper noun

Alfred

1. A male given name of English origin, fashionable in the 19th century.