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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- King of England (1016–1035), Denmark (1018–1035), and Norway (1028–1035) who established a powerful, Christian kingdom in England after invading the country in 1015. He is the subject of many legends.
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- proper noun historical A male
given name used in England from the eleventh to the thirteenth century. - proper noun Canute the Great, king of England, Denmark and Norway.
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- 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)
Etymologies
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CANUTE - Tales of gold, silver and an old Mexican mining town on the banks of Turkey Creek have tugged at Elva Johnson first stirred her son's imagination on the subject while chopping cotton at a patch nestled against Turkey Creek outside Canute more than 50 years ago.
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CANUTE - Tales of gold, silver and an old Mexican mining town on the banks of Turkey Creek have tugged at Elva Johnson first stirred her son's imagination on the subject while chopping cotton at a patch nestled against Turkey Creek outside Canute more than 50 years ago.
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CANUTE - Tales of gold, silver and an old Mexican mining town on the banks of Turkey Creek have tugged at Elva Johnson first stirred her son's imagination on the subject while chopping cotton at a patch nestled against Turkey Creek outside Canute more than 50 years ago.
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He said in English, "Canute's page, by the Saints!"
The Ward of King Canute; a romance of the Danish conquest 1893
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Sweyn -- the renegade from that Christian Faith which had been forced on him by his German conqueror, the Emperor Otto II. -- with his illustrious son Cnut, whom we call Canute, were just calling together all the most daring spirits of the Baltic coasts for the subjugation of England; and when that great feat was performed, the Scandinavian emigration was paralysed, probably, for a time by the fearful wars at home.
Historical Lectures and Essays Charles Kingsley 1847
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To satirize the sycophants among his courtiers, King Canute sarcastically commanded the waves to keep their distance and allowed his own majesty to be wetted by the tides: now we give the name Canute to anyone in authority who foolishly attempts to ward off the inevitable.
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To satirize the sycophants among his courtiers, King Canute sarcastically commanded the waves to keep their distance and allowed his own majesty to be wetted by the tides: now we give the name Canute to anyone in authority who foolishly attempts to ward off the inevitable.
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Olauus to be their king, and the Danes chose this Hardiknought, whome their writers name Canute the third, to be their gouernor.
Chronicles (1 of 6): The Historie of England (7 of 8) The Seventh Boke of the Historie of England Raphael Holinshed
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King Knut, whom men call Canute, whom the Ocean-tide would not be forbidden to wet, -- we heard already of this wise King, with his crown and gifts; but of many others, Kings, Queens, wise men and noble loyal women, let Dryasdust and divine Silence be the record!
Past and Present Thomas Carlyle's Collected Works, Vol. XIII. Thomas Carlyle 1838
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King Knut, whom men call Canute, whom the Ocean-tide would not be forbidden to wet, -- we heard already of this wise King, with his crown and gifts; but of many others, Kings, Queens, wise men and noble loyal women, let Dryasdust and divine Silence be the record!
Past and Present Thomas Carlyle 1838
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