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I've always pronounced ð as an eth- or a th- and the æ as a regular -a- (like cat), so Æðelflæd would be pronounced something like ath-el-fled or ath-el-flad. However, the æ has always been confusing for me- apparently in Old English it was pronounced like ash which later became -a- in Middle English, I don't know why. But apparently it is commonly said like cat or bat. I posted some links below that explains some of it- the last two links show how the ð and the æ are pronounced.

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https://oldenglish.info/advpronunciationguide.html
https://thegriffon.wordpress.com/name-list/ae/aethelflaed/
https://www.grammarphobia.com/blog/2011/05/ae-digraph-ligature.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4kwDHWHZJ8c
https://mythatsenglish.blogspot.com/2011/12/pronunciation-vs.html
https://www.englishlanguageclub.co.uk/th-sound/
https://www.englishlanguageclub.co.uk/ae-sound/

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