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ArchivesALF-RED or AL-FRED?
The usual explanation of the name ALFRED (like on this board) is:
Ælf (elf) + ræd (counsil). But in one book I found a different derivation: Al (= adal, noble) + fred (peace etc.), which makes a lot of sense, too.
Could it be that on the continent there was AL-FRED and in England (or Britain) there was ALF-RED and that at one point the two met and were considered one name?
I wonder if there is really any evidence for the AL-FRED explanation.
Andy ;—)
Ælf (elf) + ræd (counsil). But in one book I found a different derivation: Al (= adal, noble) + fred (peace etc.), which makes a lot of sense, too.
Could it be that on the continent there was AL-FRED and in England (or Britain) there was ALF-RED and that at one point the two met and were considered one name?
I wonder if there is really any evidence for the AL-FRED explanation.
Andy ;—)
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