Knut Synonyms

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)
Synonyms:
  1. canute
  2. cnut
  3. Canute the Great

Knut Sentence Examples

  • His son, Knut Johan Angstrom, was born at Upsala on the 12th of January 1857, and studied at the university of that town from 1877 to 1884.

  • Jomsvikinga Saga, the history of the pirates of Jom, down to Knut the Great's days, also relates to Danish history.

  • But his success was short-lived, for in 1029 the Norwegian nobles, seething with discontent, rallied round the invading Knut the Great, and Olaf had to flee to Russia.