English Explanatory Dictionary

Canute

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A male given name from the Germanic languages used in England from the eleventh to the thirteenth century.
  2. Canute the Great, king of England, Denmark and Norway.
  3. A town in Oklahoma.

Pronunciation

/kəˈn(j)uːt/

Word forms

Canute

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".

Derived words

Canutian Canutish Canutism
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