English

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• Danegelt

Noun

Danegeld ‎(uncountable)

1. (historical) A tax raised originally to protect against Viking raiders in the 10th and 11th centuries, and later continued as a land tax.
   • 1644, John Milton, Aeropagitica:

     And who shall then stick closest to ye, and excite others? not he who takes up armes for cote and conduct, and his four nobles of Danegelt.

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French

Noun

danegeld m ‎(plural danegelds)

1. Danegeld