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    ethelred

    ethelred - Dictionary definition and meaning for word ethelred

    Definition
    (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) Definition
    (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)
    Synonyms : ethelred i
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