KNUT

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'Knut' or 'Kanute' is a Scandinavian first name, of which the anglicized form is 'Canute'. It is derived from the Old Norse 'Knútr' meaning "knot"; other forms include 'Cnut' and 'Knud'. It is the name of several medieval kings of Denmark, two of whom reigned also over England during the first half of the 11th century. Notably:

★ Canute the Great (995-1035), king of England, Denmark, and Norway, celebrated for "trying to hold back the tide," commanding the waves of the sea to retreat as a reprimand of his courtiers;

★ Harthacanute (1018-1042), king of Denmark and England

★ Saint Canute IV (1043-1086), king of Denmark and martyr

★ Canute V of Denmark (?-1157)

★ Canute VI of Denmark (1163-1202)

★ Knud, Hereditary Prince of Denmark (1900-1976), younger son of King Christian X
It is also the name of two medieval kings of Sweden:

★ Canute I of Sweden (c. 1150-1195)

★ Canute II of Sweden (?-1234)
Other people named Knut (or forms thereof):

★ Canute Lavard, Danish prince and saint

★ Knut Hamsun was a leading Norwegian author.

★ Knud Rasmussen was a Greenlandic polar explorer and anthropologist.

★ Knute Rockne was an American football player and coach.

★ Knut Schmidt-Nielsen was a Norwegian-born American biologist.

★ See also the surname Knudsen
'Knut' also refers to:

★ Canute, Oklahoma, United States

★ Knute Township, Minnesota

★ a bronze coin used in the ''Harry Potter'' novels, see Money in Harry Potter.

★ Knut (band), a band that helped start the musical genre of mathcore.

★ an Edwardian English slang word meaning an "idle upper-class man-about-town".

★ Knut (polar bear), who was born in Berlin on December 5, 2006.

★ KDE 4.0-alpha1

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★ Knout, homophone