Canute the Great

Variant of Canute

Canute definition

Ca·nute (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

Etymology: < Dan Knut

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