Broke: Thinking Æthelred the Unready was not ready Woke: Knowing Æthelred the Unready was ill-advised, because fuck translating things properly Bespoke: "Æthelred" means noble counsel, making his name an oxymoron, and do we really want a moron as king?

Æthelred the Wallet Inspected, Æthelred the Fredo

That guy had the best sobriquet until Charles The Hammer Martel. Also, I really want some of those names to make a comeback. Aethelfrith me, people.

"Æthelred" meaning "noble counsel" was nomitive determinism, and the fact that he rose above the level of *being* a counselor means he was a tragic victim of the Peter Principle.