"Cnut" meaning in All languages combined

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Proper name [English]

Etymology: Variant of Canute. Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Cnut
  1. A male given name from Old Norse, an alternative spelling of Canute (Scandinavian Knut) in historical context.
    Sense id: en-Cnut-en-name-u73pF1iH Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English given names, English male given names, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Old English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Old English entries with incorrect language header: 50 21 17 11 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 43 48 6 2 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 43 50 5 2

Proper name [Old Dutch]

Forms: Cnūt [canonical, masculine], no-plural [table-tags], Cnūt [nominative, singular], Cnūt [accusative, singular], Cnūtes [genitive, singular], Cnūte [dative, singular]
Etymology: Borrowed from Old Norse Knútr. Cognate with Old English Cnūt. Etymology templates: {{bor+|odt|non|Knútr}} Borrowed from Old Norse Knútr, {{cog|ang|Cnūt}} Old English Cnūt Head templates: {{head|odt|proper noun|g=m|head=Cnūt}} Cnūt m Inflection templates: {{odt-decl-noun-a|Cnūt|g=m|nopl=1}}
  1. a male given name
    Sense id: en-Cnut-odt-name-h8YdwBAs Categories (other): Old Dutch entries with incorrect language header, Old Dutch given names, Old Dutch male given names, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 43 48 6 2 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 43 50 5 2

Proper name [Old English]

IPA: /knuːt/
Etymology: Borrowed from Old Norse Knútr. Cognate with Danish Knud and English Canute. Etymology templates: {{bor+|ang|non|Knútr}} Borrowed from Old Norse Knútr, {{cog|da|Knud}} Danish Knud, {{cog|en|Canute}} English Canute Head templates: {{ang-proper noun|m|head=Cnūt}} Cnūt m Inflection templates: {{ang-decl-noun-a-m|Cnut|num=sg}}, {{ang-decl-noun|Cnut|Cnutas|Cnut|Cnutas|Cnutes|Cnuta|Cnute|Cnutum|num=sg|title=|type=strong a-stem}} Forms: Cnūt [canonical, masculine], no-table-tags [table-tags], Cnut [nominative, singular], - [nominative, plural], Cnut [accusative, singular], - [accusative, plural], Cnutes [genitive, singular], - [genitive, plural], Cnute [dative, singular], - [dative, plural]
  1. a male given name
    Sense id: en-Cnut-ang-name-h8YdwBAs Categories (other): Old English given names, Old English male given names, Individuals Disambiguation of Individuals: 56 44
  2. King Cnut of England
    Sense id: en-Cnut-ang-name-rOdHu0H1

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable All languages combined dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2026-02-08 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2026-02-01 using wiktextract (f492ef9 and 9905b1f). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.