Definition of Danegeld
Dane´geld`
n.
1.
(Eng. Hist.)
An
annual
tax
formerly
laid
on
the
English
nation
to
buy
off
the
ravages
of
Danish
invaders
,
or
to
maintain
forces
to
oppose
them
.
It
afterward
became
a
permanent
tax
,
raised
by
an
assessment
,
at
first
of
one
shilling
,
afterward
of
two
shillings
,
upon
every
hide
of
land
throughout
the
realm
.
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