Comments for ÆÐELRED:

I think it's AH-thel-red. I could be wrong but that's what I think.

-- Anonymous User  5/26/2007

"Ethelred the Unready" sounds hilarious, but in fact conceals an Anglo-Saxon pun: he wasn't "unready" in the sense of "always late" or "poorly prepared", but "un-advised" or "poorly advised". This gave him the name + title of Aethelraed Unraed, Wise Advice Bad Advice.

-- Anneza  7/2/2007

A modern approximation of the pronunciation is "Athel-red" or "Ethel-red".

-- Anonymous User  7/2/2007

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