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Definition of Ethelred
1. Noun. King of the English who succeeded to the throne after his half-brother Edward the Martyr was murdered; he struggled unsuccessfully against the invading Danes (969-1016).
2. Noun. King of Wessex and Kent and elder brother of Alfred; Alfred joined Ethelred's battle against the invading Danes and succeeded him on his death (died in 871).
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ethelred
Literary usage of Ethelred
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN (1889)
"Four days later /ethelred and /Elfred came up, joined forces with ... ethelred again
led his army against them. The Danish host was drawn up in two ..."
2. The History of England by Nicolas Tindal (1757)
"T" TPON the death of Sweyn, his fon Canute was pro- ethelred Ib \_J ... On Canute
re- the contrary, before ethelred was advanced near enough to turns into ..."
3. The Flowers of History, Especially Such as Relate to the Affairs of Britain by Matthew Paris (1853)
"The death of Edward the Martyr—ethelred succeeds to the thrones-Death of
Dunstan—Quarrel between ethelred and Richard of Normandy—Tribute is paid to the ..."
4. The Popular History of England by Charles Knight (1880)
"It would have been well for England if ethelred "the unready" had been destined
to become the drowsy head of a monastery rather than " the sleeping king ..."
5. Chapters of Early English Church History by William Bright (1888)
"But ethelred was king no longer. He was the abbot of Bardney; ... And here, under
the roof of this royal abbey, Wilfrid was fain to meet ethelred. ..."
6. Roger of Wendover's Flowers of History: Comprising the History of England by Roger, Matthew Paris (1849)
"King ethelred too sent an army against them, but with no success. King ethelred
subdues the Isle of Mono. AD 1000. The aforesaid fleet of pagans invaded ..."
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