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Canute

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Ca·nute also Cnut or Knut  (k-nt, -nyt) Known as "the Great." 994?-1035.
King of England (1016-1035), Denmark (1018-1035), and Norway (1028-1035) whose reign, at first brutal, was later marked by wisdom and temperance. He is the subject of many legends.
Canute, Cnut, Knut [kəˈnjuːt]
n
(Biographies / Canute (death date: 1035) M, Danish, POLITICS: hereditary ruler) died 1035, Danish king of England (1016-35), Denmark (1018-35), and Norway (1028-35). He defeated Edmund II of England (1016), but divided the kingdom with him until Edmund's death. An able ruler, he invaded Scotland (1027) and drove Olaf II from Norway (1028)
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Noun1.Canute - king of Denmark and Norway who forced Edmund II to divide England with him; on the death of Edmund II, Canute became king of all England (994-1035)
Canute the Great, Cnut, Knut
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Canute [kəˈnjuːt] N → Canuto
Canute
n → Knut m


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Once again they conquered, and Canute the Dane became King of England.
English Literature For Boys And Girls by Marshall, H.E. View in context
But near the end of the tenth century new swarms of 'Danes' reappeared from the Baltic lands, once more slaughtering and devastating, until at last in the eleventh century the 'Danish' though Christian Canute ruled for twenty years over all England.
A History of English Literature by Fletcher, Robert Huntington View in context
You've heard of the Pusey horn, which King Canute gave to the Puseys of that day, and which the gallant old squire, lately gone to his rest (whom Berkshire freeholders turned out of last Parliament, to their eternal disgrace, for voting according to his conscience), used to bring out on high days, holidays, and bonfire nights.
Tom Brown's Schooldays by Hughes, Thomas View in context
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