Canute

See also: canute

English

Etymology

From Old Norse Knútr, possibly originally a byname meaning "knot".

Proper noun

Canute

(historical) A male given name used in England from the eleventh to the thirteenth century.
Canute the Great, king of England, Denmark and Norway.
A town in Oklahoma.

Derived terms

Canutian
Canutish

Translations

Male given name

Danish: Knud
Dutch: Knoet
Faroese: Knútur
Finnish: Nuutti (fi)
German: Knut (de) m
Greenlandic: Kunuuti
Icelandic: Knútur (is)
Latin: Canutus

Lithuanian: Knutas
Norwegian: Knut (no)
Old Norse: Knútr
Polish: Kanut
Portuguese: Canuto
Russian: Кнуд m (Knud)
Swedish: Knut (sv)

Anagrams

Ceutan, uncate

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