Knut
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Knut or Kanute is also a Scandinavian first name, of which the anglicized form is Canute, an anglicized form of Old Norse Knútr meaning "knot", sometimes Cnut; Danish Knud, Norwegian Knut) is the name of several kings of medieval Denmark, two of whom reigned also over England during the first half of the 11th century.
- Canute the Great, the 11th Century King England, Denmark and Norway (also known as King Knut)
- His son, Harthacanute;
- Saint Canute IV, king of Denmark and martyr
- 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 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".
[edit] See also
- Knout, homophon
