Cnut
Britishnoun
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That, to be fair, is an offer with which King Cnut never had to contend.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 28, 2022
King Cnut, who became King of England and ruled for 25 years, replaced those at the top but allowed society to go on as before.
From BBC ● Mar. 5, 2014
The international company claimed all profits from his King Cnut line of T-shirts were legally theirs.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 20, 2013
Evidence unearthed beneath Parliament Square suggests that Cnut, the Dane who ruled England during 1016-35, may have been the first king to build a palace at Westminster.
From BBC ● Jan. 3, 2013
Cnut seems to have recognized what he had done to make the Danish population part of the English people, for he ordered that St. Dunstan’s mass-day should be kept by all as a solemn feast.
From The English Church in the Middle Ages by William Hunt
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