edward the elder

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   king of Wessex whose military success against the Danes made it possible for his son Athelstan to become the first king of all England (870-924)

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Questions about edward the elder

What does edward the elder mean?

edward the elder means "king of Wessex whose military success against the Danes made it possible for his son Athelstan to become the first king of all England (870-924)".

Is edward the elder a common word?

edward the elder is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.