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Dictionary of Medieval Names
from European Sources

Knut m. Old Icelandic knútr 'knot'.

The name of a legendary 9th C king of Denmark, an 11th C king of the North Sea Empire, an 11th C king of Denmark and England, an 11th C king of Denmark and saint, a 12th C king of Denmark, a 12th C king of Sweden, a 13th C king of Sweden, and a 13th C king of Denmark.

Estonia
Early Modern Swedish
1583 Knutt (nom) Hiiumaa p. 167; 1587 Knudt (nom) ibid. p. 167
Finland
Early Modern Swedish
1548 Knudts (gen) Audén1980 p. 168
France
Latin
1180 Canuto (abl) RotScaNor p. 12
Scotland
Latin
c1100 Cnut (abl) ESC XX
Sweden
Latin
1350 Kanuti (gen) SDHK, Kanuto (abl) ibid. no. 6007, Kanutus (nom) ibid. no. 6000, Knuts (gen) ibid. no. 6060, Knuz (gen) ibid. no. 6024
Old Swedish
1383 Knvt (gen) SRA-vol2 no. 1941, Knwt ibid. no. 1938
Cite as: R. Le Get, S.L. Uckelman. "Knut". In S.L. Uckelman, ed. The Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources, Edition 2016, no. 3. http://dmnes.org/2016/3/name/Knut.