Danegelt

Danegelt
Danegeld Dane"geld`, Danegelt Dane"gelt`, n. [AS. danegeld. See {Dane}, and {Geld}, n.] (Eng. Hist.) An annual tax formerly laid on the English nation to buy off the ravages of Danish invaders, or to maintain forces to oppose them. It afterward became a permanent tax, raised by an assessment, at first of one shilling, afterward of two shillings, upon every hide of land throughout the realm. --Wharton's Law Dict. Tomlins. [1913 Webster]

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  • danegelt — dane·gelt …   English syllables

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  • danegelt — noun see danegeld …   Useful english dictionary

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  • Danegeld — /dayn geld /, n. (in medieval England) an additional tax on land believed to have been levied originally as a tribute to the Danish invaders but later continued for other purposes. Also, danegeld, Danegelt, danegelt /dayn gelt /. [bef. 1150; ME… …   Universalium

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  • Geld — Geld, n. [AS. gild, gield, geld, tribute, payment, fr. gieldan to pay, render. See {Yield}.] Money; tribute; compensation; ransom.[Obs.] [1913 Webster] Note: This word occurs in old law books in composition, as in danegeld, or danegelt, a tax… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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