Ethelredus

Latin

Alternative forms

  • Æthelredus, Aethelredus, Athelredus, Adelredus

Etymology

From Old English Æþelrǣd, Æþelred, Æðelred, from Proto-Germanic *Aþalarēdaz.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Ethelrēdus m sg (genitive Ethelrēdī); second declension(Medieval Latin, New Latin)

  1. Ethelred, Aethelred
    1. a male given name from Old English Æþelræd (noble counsel), meaning “well-advised”, equivalent to English Ethelred, Aethelred, or Æthelred; variant forms Aethelredus, Æthelredus
      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

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

Case Singular
Nominative Ethelrēdus
Genitive Ethelrēdī
Dative Ethelrēdō
Accusative Ethelrēdum
Ablative Ethelrēdō
Vocative Ethelrēde

Descendants

  • Catalan: Etelred
  • French: Æthelred, Ethelred
  • Galician: Aethelred
  • Italian: Etelredo
  • Portuguese: Etelredo
  • Romanian: Ethelred
  • Spanish: Etelredo
  • Venetian: Etelredo
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