Meaning Of The Word Danegeld
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Danegeld Meaning
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What's The Definition Of Danegeld?
Danegeld in American English
an Anglo-Saxon tax supposedly first levied to support forces resisting the Danes invading England and later continued as a land tax noun: an additional tax on land believed to have been levied originally as a tribute to the Danish invaders but later continued for other purposes Danegeld in British English noun: the tax first levied in the late 9th century in Anglo-Saxon England to provide protection money for or to finance forces to oppose Viking invaders |
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