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Danelaw

(-lô′)

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

Origin: ME Denelawe < OE Dena lagu, Danes' law

See Danelaw in American Heritage Dictionary 4

also Dane·lagh

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.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English Denelage

Origin: , from Old English Dena lagu

Origin: : Dena

Origin: , genitive of Dene, the Danes

Origin: + lagu, law; see Law

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