Danelaw
the body of laws in force in the northeast of England where the Danes settled in the 9th century a.d.
the part of England under this law.
Origin of Danelaw
1- Also Dane·la·ge [deyn-lah-guh, dah-nuh-lah-guh], /ˈdeɪnˌlɑ gə, ˌdɑ nəˈlɑ gə/, Dane·lagh [deyn-law]. /ˈdeɪnˌlɔ/.
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How to use Danelaw in a sentence
But also we have hardly a single land-book of early date which deals with any part of the territory that became the Danelaw.
Domesday Book and Beyond | Frederic William MaitlandNo, for the Danelaw, under this treaty, included all Cambridgeshire and other hidated districts.
It was not till 910 that a fresh rising of the northmen forced lfred's children to gird themselves to the conquest of the Danelaw.
History of the English People, Volume I (of 8) | John Richard GreenFrom the first moment of his settlement in the Danelaw the northman had been passing into an Englishman.
History of the English People, Volume I (of 8) | John Richard GreenTwo generations later they had destroyed three of the four English kingdoms and were organising the Danelaw on their ruins.
Canute the Great | Laurence Marcellus Larson
British Dictionary definitions for Danelaw
Danelagh
/ (ˈdeɪnˌlɔː) /
the northern, central and eastern parts of Anglo-Saxon England in which Danish law and custom were observed
Origin of Danelaw
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