- Unraed
- Lit. 'unwise, unguided, ill-advised'. The word was used of Aethelred II because of his apparent inadequacies as ruler in the face of the Viking threat.
Dictionary of Medieval Terms and Phrases. Christopher Coredon with Ann Williams.
Unraed
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