The name came to England by way of Emma of Normandy, wife of King Ethelred II.

这个名字由埃塞尔雷德二世的妻子诺曼底的爱玛传入英格兰。

A couple of theories are that King Ethelred II ordered this.

有几个理论认为埃塞尔雷德二世国王下令这样做。

The incompetent King Ethelred the Unready succeeded Edgar.

无能的国王埃塞尔雷德接替了埃德加。

King Ethelred II reasserted his right to the English throne, but Sweyn Forkbeard  would not be the last of the Viking kings.

国王埃塞尔雷德二世重申了他对英国王位的权利，但斯温·福克比尔德不会是最后一位维京国王。

King Ethelred II had proven to be a feeble king,   and the local lords joined with Forkbeard instead of fighting for the defense of their king.

国王埃塞尔雷德二世已被证明是一个软弱的国王，当地领主加入了叉须，而不是为保卫他们的国王而战。

This atrocity happened in 1002 CE when the English  King Ethelred II ordered a mass execution of Danes living in England; men, women, and children were  massacred.

这一暴行发生在公元 1002 年，当时英国国王埃塞尔雷德二世下令大规模处决居住在英格兰的丹麦人；男人、女人和儿童被屠杀。

King Ethelred the Unready made have let the Danish to invade and destroy much of England, but at least he gave the English speaking world one of its most popular names.

虽然这个墓志铭上写着还没准备好的埃塞尔雷德二世使得丹麦入侵并摧残了英格兰，但至少他在英语国家留下了一个最流行的名字。