Was there a real Aethelwold?
Æthelwold (/ˈæθəlwoʊld/) or Æthelwald (died 902 or 903) was the younger of two known sons of Æthelred I, King of Wessex from 865 to 871. What does Athel mean in Saxon? Ethel (also æthel) is an Old English word meaning “noble”. It is frequently attested as the first element in Anglo-Saxon names, both masculine and…