ethelred the unready

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Noun ethelred the unready has 1 sense

Ethelred, Ethelred II, Ethelred the Unready - king of the English who succeeded to the throne after his half-brother Edward the Martyr was murdered; he struggled unsuccessfully against the invading Danes (969-1016)
--₁ is a kind of king, male monarch

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Ethelred the Unready

Noun

Ethelred the Unready refers to Ethelred II, a king of England who ruled from 978 to 1016. He is famously known as "the Unready" due to the misinterpretation of the Old English word "unræd," which actually means "ill-advised" or "poor counsel" rather than "unprepared."

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Many historians believe that Ethelred the Unready's lack of decisive action eventually led to the Viking conquest of England.

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