Ethelred II

or Aeth·el·red II

[ eth-uhl-red ]

noun
  1. "Ethelred the Unready", a.d. 968?–1016, king of England 978–1013, 1014–1016.

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How to use Ethelred II in a sentence

  • On that day Aethelred, ‘by the advice of his satraps, determined to destroy the tares among the wheat, the Danes in England.’

    Oxford | Andrew Lang
  • In particular we may note that the three extant coins of the Mercian king Aethelred (675-704) all have -ræd.

    The Heroic Age | H. Munro Chadwick
  • His chief helper was the great ealdorman Aethelred of western or English Mercia, his brother-in-law.

    A History of England | Charles Oman
  • But the sorest trial came two years later, in the time of King Aethelred.

    A History of England | Charles Oman
  • An ancient legend states that Aethelred 'was admonished to erect a church on the spot where he should find a white hind'.

    Cheshire | Charles E. Kelsey

British Dictionary definitions for Ethelred II

Ethelred II

noun
  1. known as Ethelred the Unready. ?968–1016 ad, king of England (978–1016). He was temporarily deposed by the Danish king Sweyn (1013) but was recalled on Sweyn's death (1014)

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