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Ælfred

Ælfred is the alternative form of Alfred.

Meaning of Alfred

Proper noun

Alfred

  1. (individuals) Alfred the Great, early king of England.
  2. A male given name from Old English.
    • Unfortunately for me my father had combined diplomacy with a study of Anglo-Saxon history and, of course with my mother's consent, he gave me the name of Alfred, one of his heroes ( I believe she had boggled at Aelfred ). This Christian name, for some inexplicable reason, had become corrupted in...1980, Graham Greene, Doctor Fisher of Geneva, or the Bomb Party (fiction), →OCLC
  3. (rare) A surname originating as a patronymic.
  4. A town, the county seat of York County, Maine.
  5. A town and village therein, in Allegany County, New York.
  6. An unincorporated community in LaMoure County, North Dakota.

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Origin of Ælfred

Learned borrowing from Old English Ælfrēd.

Words formed from Ælfred

Questions about Ælfred

What is Ælfred the alternative form of?
Ælfred is the alternative form of Alfred.

Words near Ælfred in the dictionary

  1. Ægyptology
  2. Ægyptus
  3. Ægæan
  4. Ægæan Sea
  5. Ægæans
  6. Ælfred
  7. Ælfredian
  8. Ælfric
  9. ælurophobe
  10. ælurophobes
  11. æmulate

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