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. A male given name of historical usage, notably borne by Ethelred I, King of Wessex between 865 and his death in 871
   2. A male given name of historical usage, notably borne by 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.
• “Aethelred”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
• Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “Ethelred”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.