Danegeld
See also: danegeld
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle English, from Dane, genitive plural of Dan (“Dane”), plus geld (“geld, tribute, payment”). Apparently modeled on a Scandinavian word such as Old Danish Danegjeld), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old Norse *Danagjald, from the genitive plural of Danir (“Danes”) + gjald (“payment, tribute”).
Pronunciation
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Noun
Danegeld (uncountable)
- (history) A tax raised originally to protect against Viking raiders in the 10th and 11th centuries, and later continued as a land tax.
- 1644, John Milton, Aeropagitica:
- And who shall then stick closest to ye, and excite others? not he who takes up armes for cote and conduct, and his four nobles of Danegelt.
Translations
(history) a tax raised to protect againt Vikings
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