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Canute
(kə no̵̅o̅t′, -nyo̵̅o̅t′)
994?-1035; 1st Dan. king of England (1017-35) & king of Denmark (1018-35) & of Norway (1028-35)
also called Canute the Great
Origin: < Dan Knut
See Canute in American Heritage Dictionary 4
also Cnut or Knut
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.
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