Danegeld
Pronunciation
  • (British) IPA: /ˈdeɪnɡɛld/
Noun

Danegeld (uncountable)

  1. (history) A tax raised originally to protect against Viking raiders in the 10th and 11th centuries, and later continued as a land tax.
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