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Dictionary of Medieval Names
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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.

Denmark
Middle Danish
● 1496 Knud KD-1 no. 185
Danish
● 1581 Knud KD-1 no. 362, Knudt ibid. no. 362
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
● 1300 kanuto (abl) SDHK no. 1873; 1340 kanutus (nom) ibid. 4551; 1350 Kanuti (gen) ibid., Kanuto (abl) ibid. no. 6007, Kanutus (nom) ibid. no. 6000, Knuts (gen) ibid. no. 6060, Knuz (gen) ibid. no. 6024; 1411 Kanutum (acc) ibid. no. 17654
Old Swedish
● 1377 Knut (nom) SDHK 11085, Knutz (gen) ibid. 11085; 1383 Knvt (gen) SRA-vol2 no. 1941, Knwt ibid. no. 1938; 1409 Knut (nom) SDHK no. 17341, Knuth (nom) ibid. no. 17263, Knwt (nom) ibid. no. 17265
Cite as: R. Le Get, S.L. Uckelman. "Knut". In S.L. Uckelman, ed. The Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources, Edition 2017, no. 1. http://dmnes.org/2017/1/name/Knut.