Æðelræd

Derived from the Old English elements æðel "noble" and ræd "counsel". This was the name of two Saxon kings of England including Æðelræd II "the Unready" whose realm was overrun by the Danes in the early 11th century. The name was rarely used after the Norman Conquest.

classic   mature   formal   upper class   natural   strong   rough   strange   complex   serious   nerdy  

kings, leadership, nobility, noble titles

1. Prosopography of Anglo-Saxon England, available from http://www.pase.ac.uk/jsp/index.jsp.
2. Searle, William George. Onomasticon Anglo-Saxonicum. Cambridge, 1897, page 46.