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Using Harthacnut

  • In the example corpus, harthacnut often appears in combinations such as: harthacnut was, and harthacnut, harthacnut in.

Context around Harthacnut

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 22.5 words
  • Position in the sentence: 13 start, 2 middle, 5 end
  • Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

describes 1× cautious 1× howard 1× killed 1× otherwise 1× life 1× offer 1× harold 1×

Often after:

agreed 2× played 1× instead 1× died 1× presumably 1× promised 1×

Sentence patterns with Harthacnut

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

1040 and harthacnut was able 1× accidentally killed harthacnut instead 1× after harthacnut s death 1× but otherwise harthacnut is treated 1× claim of harthacnut in this 1× communicating with harthacnut in 1039 1× court of harthacnut in denmark 1× early life harthacnut was born 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

according to ian 1× after harthacnut s 1× both considered themselves 1× but otherwise harthacnut 1× early life harthacnut 1× envoys soon crossed 1×

Common sentence endings:

all official honours 1× campaigns and wars 1× confessor in england 1× harthacnut the throne 1× heir in england 1× heirs to harthacnut 1×

Words around Harthacnut

Just before it in the word index:

harth 7 hartgraves 2 hartford 509 hartfield 6 hartery 2 harter 20

Just after it in the word index:

hartheim 2 harthouse 4 hartig 3 hartigan 14 hartin 6 harting 9

Similar in corpus frequency:

aayog 54 aghast 54 agitate 54 alfalfa 54 ampere 54 amply 54

Corpus analysis for Harthacnut

  • In this selection, "harthacnut" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 22.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, describes, cautious, howard, agreed, played and instead stand out and add context to how "harthacnut" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include 1040 and harthacnut was able and accidentally killed harthacnut instead. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "harthacnut" sits close to words such as aayog, aghast and agitate, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with harthacnut

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

Both considered themselves legal heirs to Harthacnut. (7 words)

Harthacnut presumably consumed large quantities of alcohol. (7 words)

Envoys soon crossed the channel to offer Harthacnut the throne. (10 words)

Longer example sentences

In 1023, Emma and Harthacnut played a leading role in the translation of the body of the martyr St Æelfheah from London to Canterbury, an occasion seen by Harthacnut's biographer, Ian Howard, as recognition of his position as Cnut's heir in England. (44 words)

Harthacnut was a close ally of Svein, but he did not feel his resources were great enough to launch an invasion of Norway, and the half-brothers looked for help from their father, but instead they received news of his death in November 1035. (44 words)

War was avoided by the treaty between Harthacnut and Magnus, which Harthacnut agreed to because he had no plausible candidate to rule Norway after Svein's death, and he was in any case temperamentally inclined to avoid campaigns and wars. (40 words)

Example sentences (20)

Harthacnut, his position in Denmark now secure, did plan an invasion, but Harold died in 1040, and Harthacnut was able to cross unopposed with his mother to take the English throne.

In 1023, Emma and Harthacnut played a leading role in the translation of the body of the martyr St Æelfheah from London to Canterbury, an occasion seen by Harthacnut's biographer, Ian Howard, as recognition of his position as Cnut's heir in England.

The work describes Harthacnut's horror at hearing of his brother's murder, and in Howard's view, was probably influential in finally persuading the cautious Harthacnut to invade England.

War was avoided by the treaty between Harthacnut and Magnus, which Harthacnut agreed to because he had no plausible candidate to rule Norway after Svein's death, and he was in any case temperamentally inclined to avoid campaigns and wars.

According to a later edition of the Encomium, the English took the initiative in communicating with Harthacnut in 1039, possibly when they became aware that Harold had not long to live.

According to Ian Howard, Harthacnut agreed to help Svein recover Norway and planned an invasion in 1036.

According to this account, Magnus I of Norway (reigned 1034–1047) visited the court of Harthacnut in Denmark, received with all official honours.

After Harthacnut's death, the English throne reverted to the House of Wessex in the person of King Edward the Confessor (reigned 1042–1066).

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Álfífa had thus intended to poison Magnus, but accidentally killed Harthacnut instead.

Both considered themselves legal heirs to Harthacnut.

But otherwise Harthacnut is treated as a mere footnote in the line of monarchs, while there are many observations on Cnut.

Early life Harthacnut was born shortly after the marriage of his parents in July or August 1017.

Envoys soon crossed the channel to offer Harthacnut the throne.

Five years later, he and his brother, Edward the Confessor, shared the throne of England, after the death of Harold, Harthacnut’s half brother.

Harold managed to win the throne against the superior claim of Harthacnut in this way.

Harthacnut died suddenly in 1042 and was succeeded by Magnus in Denmark and Edward the Confessor in England.

Harthacnut had suffered from bouts of illness even before he became King of England.

Harthacnut presumably consumed large quantities of alcohol.

Harthacnut promised him safe conduct but then colluded in his murder by Siward, who became earl of the whole of Northumbria.

Harthacnut was a close ally of Svein, but he did not feel his resources were great enough to launch an invasion of Norway, and the half-brothers looked for help from their father, but instead they received news of his death in November 1035.

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Common combinations with harthacnut

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