English-Danish translations for canute
- KnudJeg beder Parlamentet om at støtte kong Knud og håber, hans betænkning bliver vedtaget. I commend King Canute to the House and hope that his report is accepted. Han er som en lille kong Knud, der forgæves prøver at holde tidevandet tilbage. He is a little like King Canute, who wanted to stop the tide coming in but was unsuccessful. Det slår mig, at Knud den Store var mere fornuftig, end Europas herskere er i dag. It strikes me that Canute had more sense than Europe's rulers have today.
Definition of canute
- used in England from the eleventh to the thirteenth century
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