knut

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

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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)

An alteration of nut.

The men of our crew were Mats, Pehr, Anders, Ole, Knut, and Roar. — The Land of the Long Night, Paul B. (Paul Belloni) Du Chaillu
Had he a strain of Highlander with Kenneth or Keith; a drop of German or Scandinavian with Kurt or Knut; a blend of Syrian or Armenian with Kahalil or Kassim? — The best British short stories of 1922, Unknown
It was eventually heard of during the reign of Canute (or Knut, as his admirers called him); and John is known to have lost it in the Wash, whence it was recovered a century afterwards. — Happy Days, A. A. (Alan Alexander) Milne

Canute, Cnut, Canute the Great

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