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Aethelred in a sentence
Aethelred meaning
- A male given name from Old English Æþelræd (“noble counsel, well-advised”), variant of Ethelred or Æthelred.
- A male given name of historical usage, notably borne by Aethelred I, King of Wessex between 865 and his death in 871.
Using Aethelred
- The main meaning on this page is: A male given name from Old English Æþelræd (“noble counsel, well-advised”), variant of Ethelred or Æthelred. | A male given name of historical usage, notably borne by Aethelred I, King of Wessex between 865 and his death in 871. | A male given name from Old English Æþelræd (“noble counsel, well-advised”), variant of Ethelred or Æthelred.
Context around Aethelred
- Average sentence length in these examples: 27.3 words
- Position in the sentence: 0 start, 3 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 4 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Aethelred
- In this selection, "aethelred" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 27.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, king and returned stand out and add context to how "aethelred" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include advised king aethelred to buy and before and aethelred returned to. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "aethelred" sits close to words such as aaaaand, aaah and aaargh, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with aethelred
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
England begins tributes Silver penny of Aethelred II In 991, Æthelred was around 24 years old. (16 words)
This occurred because the first two brothers died in wars with the Danes without issue, while Aethelred's sons were too young to rule when their father died. (28 words)
After the battle Archbishop Sigeric of Canterbury and the aldermen of the south-western provinces advised King Aethelred to buy off the Vikings rather than continue the armed struggle. (29 words)
Another summons of the army brought the Englishmen together, and they were met this time by the king, although 'it came to nothing as so often before', and Aethelred returned to London with fears of betrayal. (36 words)
After the battle Archbishop Sigeric of Canterbury and the aldermen of the south-western provinces advised King Aethelred to buy off the Vikings rather than continue the armed struggle. (29 words)
This occurred because the first two brothers died in wars with the Danes without issue, while Aethelred's sons were too young to rule when their father died. (28 words)
Example sentences (4)
After the battle Archbishop Sigeric of Canterbury and the aldermen of the south-western provinces advised King Aethelred to buy off the Vikings rather than continue the armed struggle.
Another summons of the army brought the Englishmen together, and they were met this time by the king, although 'it came to nothing as so often before', and Aethelred returned to London with fears of betrayal.
England begins tributes Silver penny of Aethelred II In 991, Æthelred was around 24 years old.
This occurred because the first two brothers died in wars with the Danes without issue, while Aethelred's sons were too young to rule when their father died.