ethelred ii ethelred i • ethelred the unready · · · Info · Definitions · Characters · · ethelred ii · · Text Common · · Latin · · Scripts 11 · · Length 4 · · Syllables Definitions · · · (noun) 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). Synonyms: Ethelred, Ethelred II, Ethelred the Unready. · · Noun Definition 1 Characters · · space U+0020 d latin small letter d U+0064 e latin small letter e U+0065 h latin small letter h U+0068 i latin small letter i U+0069 l latin small letter l U+006C r latin small letter r U+0072 t latin small letter t U+0074