Canute
See also: canute
English edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Middle English Canut, from Anglo-Norman *Canut, Kenut (compare Medieval Latin Canūtus), from Old Norse Knútr, possibly originally a byname meaning "knot".[1]
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Canute
- (historical) A male given name from the Germanic languages used in England from the eleventh to the thirteenth century.
- Canute the Great, king of England, Denmark and Norway.
- A town in Oklahoma.
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Translations edit
Male given name
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References edit
- ^ Porck, Thijs, Mann, Jodie (2014) “How Cnut became Canute (and how Harthacnut became Airdeconut)”, in NOWELE: North-Western European Language Evolution, volume 67, number 2, , pages 237–243.