Canute

See also: canute

English

Etymology

From Old Norse Knútr, possibly originally a byname meaning "knot".

Proper noun

Canute

1. (historical) A male given name from the Germanic languages used in England from the eleventh to the thirteenth century.
2. Canute the Great, king of England, Denmark and Norway.
3. A town in Oklahoma.

Derived terms

• Canutian
• Canutish

Translations

Male given name

• Danish: Knud
• Dutch: Knoet
• Faroese: Knútur
• Finnish: Nuutti (fi)
• German: Knut (de) m
• Greenlandic: Kunuuti
• Icelandic: Knútur (is)
• Latin: Canutus
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• Lithuanian: Knutas
• Norwegian: Knut (no)
• Old Norse: Knútr
• Polish: Kanut
• Portuguese: Canuto
• Russian: Кнуд m (Knud)
• Swedish: Knut (sv)

Anagrams

• Ceutan, uncate