Danegeld

American  

[deyn-geld] / ˈdeɪnˌgɛld /

Also danegeld,

noun

1. (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.

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Danegeld British  

/ ˈdeɪnˌɡɛlt, ˈdeɪnˌɡɛld /

noun

1. 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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Etymology

Origin of Danegeld

before 1150; Middle English denegeld, danegeld, Old English (Domesday Book) Danegeld. See Dane, geld ²

Example Sentences

For other monuments alluding to the Danegeld, see ibid.,

From Canute the Great The Rise of Danish Imperialism during the Viking Age by Larson, Laurence Marcellus

He freed the church from the payment of Danegeld, and all services to the Crown.

From Old and New London Volume I by Thornbury, Walter

It continued to be levied until 1163, in which year the name Danegeld appears for the last time in the Rolls.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 9 "Dagupan" to "David" by Various

A new land tax replaced the Danegeld tax.

From Our Legal Heritage by Reilly, S. A.

Thus began the Danegeld which seems to have developed into a permanent tax in the reign of Canute.

From Canute the Great The Rise of Danish Imperialism during the Viking Age by Larson, Laurence Marcellus