Yes, Ethelred was kind of the John Kerry of his time, you could say. His nickname, "Unraede," is commonly rendered as "unready," not a bad description, but more accurately is "rede-less," meaning "having no sense"!
74 posted on 09/07/2004 9:55:15 AM PDT by Tax-chick
(Antibiotics, anesthesia, air conditioning ... requirements for civilized life.)