Canute meaning

    kə-no͝ot', -nyo͝ot'
    King of England (1016–1035), Denmark (1018–1035), and Norway (1028–1035) who established a powerful, Christian kingdom in England after invading the country in 1015. He is the subject of many legends.
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    A.d. 994?-1035; 1st Dan. king of England (1017-35) & king of Denmark (1018-35) & of Norway (1028-35)
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    Canute Sentence Examples

    • Uhtred was slain by the orders of Canute, who gave the province to Eric (Eirikr) earl of Lade.

    • No one save the king had the right of jurisdiction over him, while by a law of Canute we learn that he paid a larger heriot than an ordinary thegn.

    • He was buried in St Paul's, whence his body was removed by Canute to Canterbury with all the ceremony of a great act of state in 1023.

    • With the accession of the Danish king Canute, the original raison d'être of the tax ceased to exist, but it continued to be levied, though for a different purpose, assuming now the character of an occasional war-tax.

    • and brother of Canute VI., whom he succeeded on the 12th of November 1202.

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