Danegeld Definition

dāngĕld
noun
An Anglo-Saxon tax first levied to support forces resisting the Danes invading England and later continued as a land tax.
Webster's New World

Origin of Danegeld

  • Middle English Dane genitive pl. of Dan Dane Dane geld tribute (from Old English geld, gield payment)

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Danegeld Sentence Examples

  • It continued to be levied until 1163, in which year the name Danegeld appears for the last time in the Rolls.

  • There were special privileges surrounding tenancies of these lands, such as freedom from tolls and duties, exemption from danegeld and amercement, from sitting on juries, &c. Hence, the phrase "ancient demesne" came to be applied to the tenure by which the lands were held.

  • This was the old tax, the Danegeld, in a new and heavier form and there was great difficulty in levying it.

  • In the civil war of Stephen's reign the county suffered severely; the great Roll of the Exchequer of 1165 proves the shire receipts had depreciated in value to two-thirds of the assessment for the Danegeld.

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