Russian Meaning of danegelt

Данегельд

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Definitions and Meaning of danegelt in English

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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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Данегельд

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 => Данегельд, dane => датский, dandyling => висящий, dandyism => дендизм, dandyish => щегольской,