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)
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Examples for "Cnut"
Examples for "Cnut"
1But he said to Cnut, I doubt not that it is wolves.
2Danes had settled under Cnut, and Normans and other Frenchmen under Edward.
3Good men and loyal they are, and what they do Cnut does.
4After half-an-hour's absence, Cnut returned, bringing with him a pursuivant or herald.
5The young earl was high in favour with Cnut, and rightly.
1End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of Shallow Soil, by Knut Hamsun
2One fine day the handsome, merry Knut drove with her to church.
3And the hero of Knut Hamsun's Hunger is surely the politest rebel ever.
4England was one great battlefield for many a year after Knut had died.
5Know thou, stranger, King Knut is more than king of men.
1He has taken money from King Canute the Great for thy head.
2Ulf was married to Astrid, King Svein's daughter, and sister of Canute the Great.
3Ottar Svarte tells thus of it in the poem he composed upon King Canute the Great:-
4A great king was Canute , well deserving the title long given him of Canute the Great.
5Of this foray Sigvat the skald speaks, in a ballad he composed concerning King Canute the Great:-
1It may have been in this castle that Canute died in 1035.
2Seated in his arm-chair on the shore you will see King Canute.
3You were Canute's page; I saw that you accompanied him in battle.
4Edmund died in 1016 and after his death Canute became sole ruler.
5For convenience Canute the Dane had divided the realm into four earldoms.
6The messenger from Canute, who came here on the vigil of St.
7Once again they conquered, and Canute the Dane became King of England.
8King Canute rewarded him for the poem with fifty marks of silver.
9But Canute was tracing idle patterns on the carving of his chair-arm.
10When Ole came staggering in, heavy with liquor, Canute rose at once.
11You can no more stop it, than King Canute could the waters.
12He has taken money from King Canute the Great for thy head.
13And finally Canute himself stood under the lintel, storming through his laughter.
14Sigvat made many other songs concerning this expedition of Canute and Hakon.
15But Canute sat motionless, on the new horse they had brought him.
16Do you bend down and kiss me every time Canute pricks him.