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Ælfredian

Ælfredian is the alternative form of Alfredian.

Meaning of Alfredian

Adjective

Alfredian (comparative more Alfredian, superlative most Alfredian)

  1. Of, relating to, or characteristic of Alfred the Great or the period of his reign.
    • The division of the whole country into counties, the trial by jury, the establishment of county courts and the creation of justices of the peace, are all Alfredian institutions.1850 March 2, “Alfred the Great”, in Supplement to the Courant, volume XV, number 5, Hartford, page 33

Forms of Ælfredian

comparativemore Ælfredian
superlativemost Ælfredian

Origin of Ælfredian

From Ælfred + -ian.

Questions about Ælfredian

What is Ælfredian the alternative form of?
Ælfredian is the alternative form of Alfredian.

Words near Ælfredian in the dictionary

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

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Ælfredian (page history and authors); Alfredian (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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