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I was going to say that. I love his style.
by singwell-is off researching a lot on August 8th, 2008
weird name.. He's called Knud in Danish :S
by GreenFreak on August 17th, 2008
The Saxons called him Cnut.
by singwell-is off researching a lot on August 17th, 2008
I don't think that's his real name, but it's actually interesting, I wonder what it actually was
by GreenFreak on August 18th, 2008
Wikipedia:Canute the Great, also known as Cnut in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicles, or Knut (Old Norse: Knútr inn ríki, Norwegian: Knut den mektige, Swedish: Knut den Store, Danish: Knud den Store, Polish: Kanut Wielki) (died November 12, 1035) was a Viking king of England and Denmark, and Norway, and of some of Sweden[1] (such as the Sigtuna[2] Swedes). His successes as a statesman, politically and militarily, and his status among medieval Europe's magnates, shown by the concessions he won in diplomacy with the Pope and the Holy Roman Emperor, often lead modern historians to call him Emperor of the North,[3] although this is an unofficial title.
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An amazing man.
by singwell-is off researching a lot on August 18th, 2008
true.. but I'm still confused by that name :/. "Canute" could be because it's almost impossible to pronounce the [cn]/[kn] sound in English. But I've got no idea about Knud/Knut. Knud is pronounced more like Knuð (the [th] sound in "the")
Hm.. sorry, just had a geekiness attack, I'll try harder to fight it ;)
by GreenFreak on August 19th, 2008
Canute would be a modern English rendering of some Latin form. maybe Canutius. In the Germanic languages it is not uncommon for k and n to be sounded together. We used to in English as well, hence the words such as knee, knight etc which were originally pronounced k-nee, k-nycht etc.
by singwell-is off researching a lot on August 19th, 2008