Canute

American  

[kuh-noot, -nyoot] / kəˈnut, -ˈnjut /

Also Cnut,

noun

1. a.d. 994?–1035, Danish king of England 1017–35; of Denmark 1018–35; and of Norway 1028–35.

---

Canute British  

/ kəˈnjuːt /

noun

1. died 1035, Danish king of England (1016–35), Denmark (1018–35), and Norway (1028–35). He defeated Edmund II of England (1016), but divided the kingdom with him until Edmund's death. An able ruler, he invaded Scotland (1027) and drove Olaf II from Norway (1028)

---

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

Canute

But it may be a King Canute effort of fighting the tide of rising longer-term yields worldwide.

From Barron's ● Dec. 12, 2025

Canute knew that reality was bigger than he or any idea he had.

From Washington Times ● Dec. 26, 2023

It was seen coming around the bend in Canute Road, Southampton, on Saturday morning before arriving - and parallel parking - at the aviation museum.

From BBC ● Nov. 25, 2023

“Not even if I could. I might as well be King Canute, forbidding the tide to come in.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 5, 2023

Both were sea-kings; each represents the culmination and the close of a great migratory movement,—Rolf of the earlier viking period, Canute of its later and more restricted phase.

From Canute the Great The Rise of Danish Imperialism during the Viking Age by Laurence Marcellus Larson