Definitions for danegeld
ˈdeɪnˌgɛld; -ˌgɛltda·negeld

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1. Danegeldnoun

   A tax raised originally to protect against Viking raiders in the 10th and 11th centuries, and later continued as a land tax.

2. Etymology: Apparently from * (Old Danish Danegjeld), from the genitive plural Danir + gjald.

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1. Danegeld

   Danegeld (; "Danish tax", literally "Dane yield" or tribute) was a tax raised to pay tribute or protection money to the Viking raiders to save a land from being ravaged. It was called the geld or gafol in eleventh-century sources. It was characteristic of royal policy in both England and Francia during the ninth through eleventh centuries, collected both as tributary, to buy off the attackers, and as stipendiary, to pay the defensive forces. The term danegeld did not appear until the late eleventh century. In Anglo-Saxon England tribute payments to the Danes was known as gafol and the levy raised to support the standing army, for the defense of the realm, was known as heregeld (army-tax).

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1. Danegeldnoun

   alt. of Danegelt

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1. Danegeld

   The Danegeld was a tax raised to pay tribute to the Viking raiders to save a land from being ravaged. It was called the geld or gafol in eleventh-century sources; the term Danegeld did not appear until the early twelfth century. It was characteristic of royal policy in both England and Francia during the ninth through eleventh centuries, collected both as tributary, to buy off the attackers, and as stipendiary, to pay the defensive forces.

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1. Danegeld

   dān′geld, n. a tax imposed in the 10th cent., to buy off the Danes or to defend the country against them. [A.S. Dene, Danes, geid, a payment.]

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of danegeld in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of danegeld in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

References

1. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Danegeld
2. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danegeld
3. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/danegeld
4. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=danegeld
5. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=danegeld