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Har⋅di⋅ca⋅nute

  [hahr-duh-kuh-noot, -nyoot]
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–noun
Hardecanute.

Har⋅de⋅ca⋅nute

  [hahr-duh-kuh-noot, -nyoot]
–noun
1019?–42, king of Denmark 1035–42, king of England 1040–42 (son of Canute).
Also, Hardicanute, Harthacnut.
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Har·de·ca·nute or Har·di·ca·nute   (här'dĭ-kə-nōōt', -nyōōt')   
King of England (1040-1042) and of Denmark (1035-1042). The legitimate son of King Canute, he claimed the English throne after the death of Harold I, Canute's illegitimate son.
Har·di·ca·nute   (här'dĭ-kə-nōōt', -nyōōt')   
See Hardecanute.
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Hardicanute

also spelled Hardicanute or Harthacnut, Danish Hardeknud king of Denmark from 1028 to 1042 and of England from 1040 to 1042.

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