Ælfræd

See also: alfred, Alfred, and Alfréd

Old English

Alternative forms

• Ælfrēd

Etymology

From ælf (“elf”) +‎ rǣd (“counsel”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈælfˌræːd/, [ˈæɫvˌræːd]

Proper noun

Ælfrǣd m

1. a male given name

Declension

Strong a-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	Ælfrǣd	—
accusative	Ælfrǣd	—
genitive	Ælfrǣdes	—
dative	Ælfrǣde	—

Descendants

• Middle English: Alfred
  • English: Alfred
    • → Danish: Alfred
    • Esperanto: Alfredo
    • Faroese: Alfred
    • → Finnish: Alfred
    • French: Alfred
    • → German: Alfred
    • Greek: Αλφρέδος (Alfrédos)
    • Italian: Alfredo
    • Norman: Alfred
    • → Norwegian: Alfred
    • Portuguese: Alfredo
    • Spanish: Alfredo
      • Cebuano: Alfredo
      • Tagalog: Alfredo
    • → Swedish: Alfred
  • → Latin: Alfredus
• → English: Ælfred (learned)
• → Latin: Ælfredus

References

• Electronic Sawyer S 351 (Alfred, king of the English, to Heahferth, minister; grant of 8 hides (mansae) at Worthy, Hants.), Ælfræd is mentioned as "Ælfred" in the old text section.