Danelaw
or Danelagh
noun
- the code of laws established in E and N England by Danish invaders and settlers in the 9th and 10th cent.
- the E and N section of England that was under this code
See Danelaw in American Heritage Dictionary 4
also Dane·lagh (dānˈlôˌ)
noun- The body of law established by the Danish invaders and settlers in northeast England in the ninth and tenth centuries.
- The sections of England under the jurisdiction of this law.
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