"Canute" meaning in English

See Canute in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

IPA: /kəˈn(j)uːt/
Etymology: Inherited from Middle English Canut, from Anglo-Norman *Canut, Kenut (compare Medieval Latin Canūtus), from Old Norse Knútr, possibly originally a byname meaning "knot". Etymology templates: {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|en|enm|Canut|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Middle English Canut, {{inh+|en|enm|Canut}} Inherited from Middle English Canut, {{der|en|xno|*Canut}} Anglo-Norman *Canut, {{cog|ML.|Canūtus}} Medieval Latin Canūtus, {{der|en|non|Knútr}} Old Norse Knútr Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Canute
  1. (historical) A male given name from the Germanic languages used in England from the eleventh to the thirteenth century. Tags: historical Categories (topical): English given names, English male given names Translations (Male given name): Knud (Danish), Knoet (Dutch), Knútur (Faroese), Nuutti (Finnish), Knut [masculine] (German), Kunuuti (Greenlandic), Knútur (Icelandic), Canutus (Latin), Knutas (Lithuanian), Canut (Middle English), Knut (Norwegian), Knútr (Old Norse), Kanut (Polish), Canuto (Portuguese), Кнуд (Knud) [masculine] (Russian), Canuto (Spanish), Knut (Swedish)
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  2. Canute the Great, king of England, Denmark and Norway. Derived forms: Canutian, Canutish, Canutism
    Sense id: en-Canute-en-name-w8tvt69U
  3. A town in Oklahoma. Categories (place): Places in Oklahoma, USA, Places in the United States, Towns in Oklahoma, USA, Towns in the United States
    Sense id: en-Canute-en-name-B16cVhXk
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