Ethelred

See also: Æthelred

English

Alternative forms

• Æthelred, Aethelred, Athelred

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Old English Æþelrǣd, Æþelred, Æðelred, from æþele (“noble”) +‎ rǣd (“counsel, advice”).

Pronunciation

• enPR: ĕth′əl-rĕd′, IPA^(key): /ˈɛθ.əlˌɹɛd/

Proper noun

Ethelred

1. A male given name from Old English Æþelræd (“noble counsel, well-advised”), variant of Aethelred or Æthelred.
   1. Ethelred I, King of Wessex between 865 and his death in 871.
   2. Ethelred II “the Unready”, King of the English between 978 and his death in 1016.

Translations

Male given name

• Catalan: Etelred m
• Finnish: Ethelred
• French: Æthelred m, Ethelred m
• Galician: Aethelred m
• German: Æthelred m, Ethelred m
• Greek: Έθελρεντ m (Éthelrent)
• Icelandic: Aðalráður (is) m
• Italian: Etelredo m
• Latin: Ethelredus m, Aethelredus m, Æthelredus m, Athelredus m, Adelredus m
• Portuguese: Etelredo m
• Russian: Этельре́д m (Etelʹréd)
• Spanish: Etelredo m
• Ukrainian: Етельре́д m (Etelʹréd)

Further reading

• “Ethelred”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• “Ethelred II”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.
• “Ethelred”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• “Ethelred”, in Collins English Dictionary, 2011–present.
• “Aethelred”, in Merriam-Webster.com Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
• Douglas Harper (2001–2026), “Ethelred”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.