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Canute the Great
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Noun1.Canute the Great - 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, Cnut, Knut
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40 DA160 King Cnut has never been a favorite of British historians.
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King Cnut (Canute) tried to hold back the tide to prove he was all-powerful Eleventh-century King Cnut is regularly held up as a ridiculous figure who tried foolishly to stave off the inevitable.
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