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Definition of Canute

1. 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).

Definition of Canute

1. Proper noun. (historical) (Germanic male given name) used in England from the eleventh to the thirteenth century. ¹

2. Proper noun. Canute the Great, king of England, Denmark and Norway. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Canute

Literary usage of Canute

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Heimskringla: A History of the Norse Kings by Snorri Sturluson, Rasmus Björn Anderson (1907)
"HERE BEGINS THE STORY OF canute THE GREAT. During this time canute the Great, called by some canute the Old, was king of England and Denmark. ..."

2. The History of Modern Europe: And a View of the Progress of Society from the by William Russell (1837)
"But although canute had now attained the great object of his ambition in the undivided ... Afraid, however, to draw on himself the displeasure of canute, ..."

3. The History of England by Nicolas Tindal (1757)
"canute the Great, the fécond DANISH king of ... Edmund having left two fons and two brothers, canute did not feem to have any right to pretend to the crown. ..."

4. The Flowers of History, Especially Such as Relate to the Affairs of Britain by Matthew Paris (1853)
"canute becomes sole king of England—Banishes the nobles— Marries Emma, sister of Richard, duke of Normandy—A conference at Oxford establishes the laws of ..."

5. The History of England: From the Invasion of Julius Cæsar to the Revolution by David Hume (1858)
"canute reserved to himself the northern division, consisting of Mercia, East Anglia, and Northumberland, which he had entirely subdued. ..."

6. The History of the Anglo-Saxons from the Earliest Period to the Norman Conquest by Sharon Turner (1841)
"To make head against canute, Ethelred dispersed, around the neighbouring countries, high promises of reward to every warrior who would join the English ..."

7. The Comic History of England by Gilbert Abbott À Beckett, John Leech (1864)
"There can be no doubt that Edmond had strength on his side, as far as he was personally concerned, but canute, or as some called him, ..."

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