Examples of 'danegeld' in a sentence
Meaning of "danegeld"
Danegeld is a noun that historically refers to a tax or tribute paid to Viking raiders to prevent further attacks
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- a tax raised originally to protect against Viking raiders in the 10th and 11th centuries, and later continued as a land tax
- any kind of tribute
- Alternative letter-case form of Danegeld.
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It is more likely that purely local danegeld were raised in times of emergency.
It was raised by a Viking in commemoration of his receiving one danegeld in England.
In Lotharingia the danegeld was only collected once.
Then we must send emissaries to the Norsemen and offer Danegeld to end this raid.
And offer Danegeld to end this raid.
It was actually the Norman administration who referred to the tax as Danegeld.
It was the period of Danegeld and of foreign pressure.
In the beginning Kirchheim could escape depredations by paying danegeld by the Fugger.
The term Danegeld did not appear until the early twelfth century.
Sweyn acquired massive sums of Danegeld through the raids.
Danegeld was mostly taken by the Norsemen from Sweden and Denmark.
He died in an unsuccessful attempt to impose a danegeld on the locals of the Ostergo.
Danegeld didn't work a thousand years ago.
Ethelred was forced to pay Danegeld several times and had finally to flee the country.
During the next few years, large sums were raised through taxation to pay more Danegeld.
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There are rumors of Danegeld being paid to make the Vikings go away.
After this has failed, Charles again pays them tribute Danegeld.
That a country-wide danegeld was ever collected in the Duchy of Brittany is uncertain.
I would pay you, if I thought it would work, but you know the trouble with Danegeld.
Sweyn soon accepted a further payment of Danegeld from William, and returned home.
Goda held 12 carucates of land, three of which were held in tax to the Danegeld.
Danegeld Drinkware - chalices.
That 's the trouble with Danegeld.
The first danegeld ever raised was collected in Frisia in 810.
Anglo-Saxon Chronicle - records the battle and the paying of the Danegeld.
The impact of Danegeld - history 's best-known protection racket!
The first records here were King Ethelred 's record of the Danegeld tax of 991.
The last recorded danegeld raised by the Frisians was paid in 852.
The first payment of the Danegeld to the Vikings took place in 856.
