After a time, Cuthbert called Cnut to him, and the two talked long and earnestly. From Wordnik.com. [The Boy Knight] Reference
One story which I and many British children encountered concerned King Canute (also known as Cnut). From Wordnik.com. [Brits at their Best] Reference
She bore Cnut two children, Harthacnut and Gunhild. From Wordnik.com. [Christmas: Its Origin and Associations Together with Its Historical Events and Festive Celebrations During Nineteen Centuries] Reference
V. Letters a. Letter of Cnut to the English People (1019-1020) b. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2007-04-01] Reference
In the year 1035, King Cnut died at Shaftesbury, and was buried in. From Wordnik.com. [Christmas: Its Origin and Associations Together with Its Historical Events and Festive Celebrations During Nineteen Centuries] Reference
M39 Agreement between Edmund and Cnut for partition of the kingdom. From Wordnik.com. [London and the Kingdom - Volume I] Reference
The political importance of the capital was seen in the reigns of Cnut and. From Wordnik.com. [The Rise of the Democracy] Reference
More knot wheel and mist over me, and I remember their namesake Cnut, or Canute. From Wordnik.com. [A Year on the Wing] Reference
After his death and that of his son Edmund, Cnut was finally elected and crowned. From Wordnik.com. [Christmas: Its Origin and Associations Together with Its Historical Events and Festive Celebrations During Nineteen Centuries] Reference
Thames, together with East Anglia, Essex and London, whilst Cnut should enjoy the rest of the kingdom. From Wordnik.com. [London and the Kingdom - Volume I] Reference
King Cnut passed a law forbidding the worship of the sun, moon, fire, rivers, wells, stones, or forest trees of any kind. From Wordnik.com. [The Mysteries of All Nations Rise and Progress of Superstition, Laws Against and Trials of Witches, Ancient and Modern Delusions Together With Strange Customs, Fables, and Tales] Reference
The spirit which had beaten back Swend and Cnut, the spirit which was in after times to make London ever the stronghold of. From Wordnik.com. [London and the Kingdom - Volume I] Reference
On the death of Swegen, the Danes of his fleet chose his son Cnut to be King, but the English invited Ethelred to return from. From Wordnik.com. [Christmas: Its Origin and Associations Together with Its Historical Events and Festive Celebrations During Nineteen Centuries] Reference
Silver coins, tens of thousands of them, Arab dirhams, English pennies of Cnut and Aethelred, coins from Harald's empire and beyond. From Wordnik.com. [Crusader Gold]
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 Wordnik.com. [Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Gloucester [2nd ed.] A Description of Its Fabric and A Brief History of the Espicopal See] Reference
Cnut, and Normans and other Frenchmen under Edward. From Wordnik.com. [William the Conqueror] Reference
Cnut, had nearly displaced the older English broadsword. From Wordnik.com. [William the Conqueror] Reference
It was not that he was young and taller than Cnut, and fair. From Wordnik.com. [Elsket 1891] Reference
But Cnut looked gloomy, at which I chid him; but he was silent. From Wordnik.com. [Elsket 1891] Reference
The Englishman was strong and active, taller and heavier than Cnut. From Wordnik.com. [Elsket 1891] Reference
Cnut, was wresting the kingship from the feeble grasp of Ethelred the. From Wordnik.com. [The Discovery of America Vol. 1 (of 2) with some account of Ancient America and the Spanish Conquest] Reference
Danish king (Cnut) succeeded in making himself king of England in 1017. From Wordnik.com. [An Introduction to the History of Western Europe] Reference
My heart was wrung for Cnut, for I loved him, and he wept like a child. From Wordnik.com. [Elsket 1891] Reference
King Cnut had to find out his limits the hard way and so, it seems, do I. From Wordnik.com. [BBC Blog Network] Reference
Cnut found him fainting on the mountain and brought him here in his arms. From Wordnik.com. [Elsket 1891] Reference
Bodin's statement recalls one of the laws of Cnut in the eleventh century. From Wordnik.com. [The Witch-cult in Western Europe A Study in Anthropology] Reference
I missed Cnut sorely, and would have longed for him more but for her happiness. From Wordnik.com. [Elsket 1891] Reference
"At least, Cnut paid the score," he began once more, in a low intense undertone. From Wordnik.com. [Elsket 1891] Reference
Others had fled to the North; they prayed Cnut to avenge the death of his kinsman. From Wordnik.com. [William the Conqueror] Reference
It had not been there before, and I watched it as it moved, and I knew it was Cnut. From Wordnik.com. [Elsket 1891] Reference
And Cnut at first refused, and then suddenly looked him full in his face, and said. From Wordnik.com. [Elsket 1891] Reference
And the days passed, and I hoped that Cnut would come straight back; but he did not. From Wordnik.com. [Elsket 1891] Reference
Then Lord Harold came and said he was ready, and he asked Cnut would he carry his luggage. From Wordnik.com. [Elsket 1891] Reference
Disputes arose between Cnut and his brother Olaf, and the great enterprise came to nothing. From Wordnik.com. [William the Conqueror] Reference
Bayeux might crown an invading Cnut or Harold in opposition to his native sovereign and benefactor. From Wordnik.com. [William the Conqueror] Reference
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