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Ethelred II

Or Aeth·el·red II

[eth-uhl-red]

noun

  1. Ethelred the Unready, a.d. 968?–1016, king of England 978–1013, 1014–1016.



Ethelred II

noun

  1. known as Ethelred the Unready. ?968–1016 ad , king of England (978–1016). He was temporarily deposed by the Danish king Sweyn (1013) but was recalled on Sweyn's death (1014)

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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