Rædweald

Old English Alternative forms ang Rǣdwald Rǣdwold Etymology From ang gmw-pro *Rādawald, from gmw-pro *rād<t:advice, counsel> *wald<t:power, authority> 1. ang rǣd weald. Cognate with goh Rātolt. Pronunciation Rǣd-Weald Proper noun Rǣdweald m ang male Rædwald of East Anglia; an Anglo-Saxon King of East Anglia late 9th century, translation of Bede's Ecclesiastical History ang Fēorða wæs Rǣdwold Ēastengla cyning: fīfta Ēadwine Norðanhymbra cyning, sē hæfde rīċe ofer ealle Breotone buton Contwarum ānum. Fourth was Rædwald, king of East Anglia; fifth was Eadwine, king of Northumbria, who reigned over all of Britain except Kent alone. Further reading The Ecclesiastical History of the English People; The Greater Chronicle; Bede's Letter to Egbert. Oxford University Press. ISNB 0199537232. Rædweald appears as "Rædwald" on pages 78, 91-4, 98-9, 138, 377-8, 381, 392.