Hardecanute

American  

[hahr-duh-kuh-noot, -nyoot] / ˌhɑr də kəˈnut, -ˈnyut /

Also Harthacnut or Hardicanute

noun

1. 1019?–42, king of Denmark 1035–42, king of England 1040–42 (son of Canute).

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Hardecanute British  

/ ˈhɑːdɪkəˌnjuːt /

noun

1. same as Harthacanute

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Example Sentences

In 1041 he was employed by Hardecanute, along with Earls Godwin and Leofric, to ravage Worcestershire.

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And in this same year came King Hardecanute to Sandwich, seven days before midsummer.

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This year died King Hardecanute at Lambeth, on the sixth before the ides of June: and he was king over all England two years wanting ten days; and he is buried in the Old-minster at Winchester with King Canute his father.

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And soon after his decease there was a meeting of all the witan at Oxford; and Leofric, the earl, and almost all the thanes north of the Thames, and the "lithsmen" at London, chose Harold for chief of all England, him and his brother Hardecanute who was in Denmark.

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And then it was decreed that Elfgive, Hardecanute's mother, should dwell at Winchester with the king's, her son's, household, and hold all Wessex in his power; and Godwin the earl was their man.

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