French Meaning of danegelt
Danegeld
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Definitions and Meaning of danegelt in English
danegelt (n.)
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.
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Danegeld
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 permane
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danegeld => Danegeld, dane => danois, dandyling => pendant, dandyism => dandysme, dandyish => élégant,
