Cnut
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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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 Harthacnut - the son of King Cnut the Great and Emma of Normandy who died suddenly in 1042.
From BBC ● May 17, 2019
Westenhanger Castle, which went on the market in 2013 for £2.6m, was owned by King Cnut - the ruler who pointed out even a monarch could not stop the tide coming in.
From BBC ● May 13, 2016
The international company claimed all profits from his King Cnut line of T-shirts were legally theirs.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 20, 2013
The monks introduced by Cnut were of the Benedictine rule, or Black monks, as Parker calls them in his "Rhythmical History of the Abbey."
From Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Gloucester [2nd ed.] A Description of Its Fabric and A Brief History of the Espicopal See by Massé, H. J. L. J. (Henri Jean Louis Joseph)
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