Associations to the word «Canute»

Wiktionary

CANUTE, proper noun. (historical) A male given name used in England from the eleventh to the thirteenth century.
CANUTE, proper noun. Canute the Great, king of England, Denmark and Norway.
CANUTE, proper noun. A town in Oklahoma.

Dictionary definition

CANUTE, noun. 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).

Wise words

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