danegeld

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A tax raised to pay tribute to Viking raiders to save a land from being ravaged
{i} (during the 10th century in England) annual tax on land originally levied to buy off the Danish invaders in England but later continued as land tax
Tax levied in Anglo-Saxon England to buy off Danish invaders during the reign of Ethelred II (978-1016). The term continued to be used to refer to taxes collected by the Anglo-Norman kings in the 11th and 12th century
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
danegeld

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    dane·geld

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    () Middle English, from Old English. Borrowed from Old Norse (reconstructed) *Danagjald (cognate to Old Danish Danegjeld), from the genitive plural Danir (“Danes”) + gjald (“payment, tribute”). Old Norse gjald is cognate to English yield.T.F. Hoad, Concise Dictionary of English Etymology, ISBN 978-0-19-283098-2; headword Dane
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