Canute
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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.
Derived terms[edit]
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.
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