Unready

Eddie the Unready was the previous entry in this blog.

CTV clip - Ezra Levant 2008

The king who is spoken of was Æthelred who was called the Unready, which word means without counsel, and then of ill-counsel.

Our Catholic Heritage in English Literature of Pre-Conquest Days Emily Hickey

The epithet the Unready, which is usually assigned to him, is a mistranslation of a word which properly means the Rede-less, or the man without counsel.

A Student's History of England, v. 1 (of 3) From the earliest times to the Death of King Edward VII Samuel Rawson Gardiner 1865

And so Swegen was the first Dane who was king, or (as Florence calls him) "Tyrant over all England;" and Ethelred, sometimes called the "Unready," King of the West Saxons, who had struggled unsuccessfully against the

Christmas: Its Origin and Associations Together with Its Historical Events and Festive Celebrations During Nineteen Centuries William Francis Dawson

It will help us in appreciating this poem to remember that the battle of Maldon took place in the reign of that poor weak king Æthelred, known as the "Unready," or the Man of no

Our Catholic Heritage in English Literature of Pre-Conquest Days Emily Hickey

Among all the kings of Christendom there was never a better, or nobler, or more luckless, an Alfred with the fortune of "Unready"

Prince Henry the Navigator, the Hero of Portugal and of Modern Discovery, 1394-1460 A.D. With an Account of Geographical Progress Throughout the Middle Ages As the Preparation for His Work. C. Raymond Beazley 1911

[Illustration] "Unready" does not mean _unprepared_ but _injudicious_

Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama, Vol. 1 A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook Ebenezer Cobham Brewer 1853

Under Ethelred II, surnamed the "Unready" or "redeless" from his indifference to the "rede" or council of his advisers, the city would again have fallen into the hands of the Danes, but for the personal courage displayed by its inhabitants and the protection which, by Alfred’s foresight, the walls were able to afford them.

London and the Kingdom - Volume I

Unready to be written, I still felt driven by the need to acknowledge my mother's gift of deep caring.

Dr. Cheryl Pappas: Mother's Day: A Tribute To My Best Friend Dr. Cheryl Pappas 2011

Unready to be written, I still felt driven by the need to acknowledge my mother's gift of deep caring.

Dr. Cheryl Pappas: Mother's Day: A Tribute To My Best Friend Dr. Cheryl Pappas 2011