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Gender Masculine
Usage Medieval English
Other Forms FormsRaedwald, Raedwaldus (Latinized form), Reduald (Latinized form)
Meaning & History
Derives from Old English name Rædwald with ræd meaning "counsel" and weald meaning "power". Redwald was a seventh century king of East Anglia, an Anglo-Saxon kingdom which included the present-day English counties of Norfolk and Suffolk.