ethelred the unready ethelred ii • ethel waters · · · Info · Definitions · Characters · · ethelred the unready · · Text Common · · Latin · · Scripts 20 · · Length 6 · · 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 a latin small letter a U+0061 d latin small letter d U+0064 e latin small letter e U+0065 h latin small letter h U+0068 l latin small letter l U+006C n latin small letter n U+006E r latin small letter r U+0072 t latin small letter t U+0074 u latin small letter u U+0075 y latin small letter y U+0079