English dictionary
danegeld
/'d/eI/n,g/E/ld/
Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.
noun
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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.
Source: webster1913