AElfred

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Queen of the blood of the hero Eadmund, a King and Queen whose children would trace to AElfred by two descents.

The Romance of Names Ernest Weekley 1909
Nor has it been thought worth while to retain the original spelling AElfred, the ae diphthong having been appropriated by us to an entirely new sound; while our own pronunciation of the name slightly broadened as yet in Wessex, is correct enough.

King Alfred's Viking A Story of the First English Fleet 1884
Cf. _Laws of AElfred_, C. 17: Nā þæt ǣlc eald sȳ, ac þæt hē eald sȳ on wīsdōme. l.

Beowulf Robert Sharp 1879
[Footnote: We keep the common spelling, though AElfred is more correct.

Lectures and Essays Goldwin Smith 1866