Æthelred The Unready

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Æthelred The Unready. Æþelræd), is the king of england. His epithet does not derive from the modern word unready, but rather from the old english unræd meaning poorly advised;

Aethelred the Unready (Penguin Monarchs) by Richard Abels
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His epithet does not derive from the modern word unready, but rather from the old english unræd meaning poorly advised; It was most often used in reference to. Æthelred the unready, or æthelred ii (old english:

Aethelred the Unready (Penguin Monarchs) by Richard Abels

It was most often used in reference to. The name aethelred is a compound of two words: Jump to navigation jump to search. It is a pun on his name, which means well advised.