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

These sums included rent from royal estates, the Danegeld land tax, the fines from local courts, and aid from barional estates.

From Our Legal Heritage by Reilly, S. A.

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

The payment of Danegeld was an old story in English history and the end was not yet.

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

Svend returned to avenge his countrymen. �thelred had in an earlier part of his reign levied a land-tax known as the Danegeld to pay off the Danes—the first instance of a general tax in England.

From A Student's History of England, v. 1 (of 3) From the earliest times to the Death of King Edward VII by Gardiner, Samuel Rawson