Danelaw

English

Alternative forms

• Danelagh

Etymology

From Middle English Dene lawe, from Old English Dena lagu, from Dene (“Dane”) and lagu (“law”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdeɪnˌlɔ/

Proper noun

Danelaw

1. (history) The part of Great Britain in which the laws of the Scandinavians dominated those of the Anglo-Saxons.
2. (history) The set of legal terms and definitions created in the treaties between the English Alfred the Great and the Danish Guthrum the Old.

Translations

part of Great Britain

• Armenian: Դանելագ (Danelag)
• Belarusian: Данела́г m (Danjeláh), Данэла́г m (Daneláh)
• Danish: Danelagen n
• Finnish: Tanskalaismaa, Danelaw, Danelagen
• French: Danelaw (fr) m
• German: Danelag (de) n
• Greek: Nτέινλο n (Ntéinlo)
• Icelandic: Danalög n pl
• Japanese: デーンロウ (Dēnrō)
• Korean: 데인로 (Deinno)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Danelagen n

  Nynorsk: Danelagen n

• Portuguese: Danelaw m
• Russian: Данела́г m (Danelág)
• Swedish: Danelagen n
• Ukrainian: Данела́г m (Daneláh)

set of legal terms

Portuguese

Proper noun

Danelaw m

1. (historical) Danelaw (part of Great Britain under Nordic control during the Middle Ages)