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Ælfred

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Ælfred, Alfriþ, Aldfriþ, Ealdfriþ, es; m. [æl all; aid, eald old: fred = friþ peace; v. Ælfréd]
Alfred the wise, king of Northumbria for twenty years, A.D. 685-705. He was educated in Ireland for the Church, and was the first literaryy
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  • Féng Ælfred [MS. Ealdfriþ] æfter Ecgfriþe to ríce, se mon wæs se gelǽredesta on gewrítum, se wæs sæd ðæt his bróðor wǽre Oswies sunu ðæs cyninges

    Ecgfrith was succeeded in the kingdom by Alfred, who was said to be his brother, and a son of king Oswy, and was a man most learned in scripture;

    successit Ecgfrido in regnum Alfrid, vir in scripturis doctissimus, qui frater ejus et filius Osuiu regis esse dicebatur,

    • Bd. 4, 26; S. 603, 6-8
      • .

  • A. D. 685, Hér man ofslóh Ecgferþ, and Ælfred [MS. Aldfriþ Aldfrithus] his bróðor féng æfter him to ríce here, A.D. 685,

    they slew Ecgferth, and Alfred his brother succeeded [took] to the kingdom after him,

    • Chr. 685; Erl. 41, 29
      • .

  • On Ælfredes [MS. Aldfriþes Aldfrithi] tídum ðæs cyninges

    in temporibus Aldfridi regis,

    • Bd. 5, 1; S. 614, 20
      • .

  • Hér Ælfred [MS. Aldfriþ] Norþanhymbra cining forþférde here, A.D. 705,

    Alfred, king of the Northumbrians, died,

    • Chr. 705; Erl. 43, 32
      • .
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v.  Aldfriþ Alfriþ.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “Ælfred.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/606.

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