Rædweald

Old English

Etymology

From rǣd (“advice, counsel”) + weald (“power, authority”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈræːdˌwæ͜ɑld/, [ˈræːdˌwæ͜ɑɫd]

Proper noun

Rǣdweald m

1. a male given name
2. Rædwald of East Anglia; an Anglo-Saxon King of East Anglia.
   • late 9th century, translation of Bede's Ecclesiastical History

     Fēorða wæs Rǣdwold Ēastengla cyning: fīfta Ēadwine Norðanhymbra cyning, sē hæfde rīċe ofer ealle Breotone buton Contwarum ānum.

     Fourth was Rædwald, king of East Anglia; fifth was Eadwine, king of Northumbria, who reigned over all of Britain except Kent alone.

References

• The Ecclesiastical History of the English People; The Greater Chronicle; Bede's Letter to Egbert. Oxford University Press. ISNB 0199537232. Rædweald appears as "Rædwald" on pages 78, 91-4, 98-9, 138, 377-8, 381, 392.