THE ANGLO-SAXON WORD "UNLAED."

A long etymological disquisition may seem a trifling matter; but what a clear insight into historic truth, into the manners, the customs, and the possessions of people of former ages, is sometimes obtained by the accurate definition of even a single word. A pertinent instance will be found in the true etymon of *Brytenwealda*, given by Mr. Kemble in his chapter "On the Growth of the kingly Power." (*Saxons in Engl.* B. II. c. 1.) Upon this consideration I must rest for this somewhat lengthy investigation. The word UNLAED, as far as we at present know, occurs only five times in Anglo-Saxon; thr…