Danegeld

danegeld English Alternative forms en danegeld Danegelt danegelt Etymology en enm danegeld, from enm Dane, genitive plural of enm Dan Dane, plus enm geld geld, tribute, payment. Apparently modeled on a Scandinavian word such as gmq-oda Danegjeld, from en non *Danagjald, from the genitive plural of non Danir Danes + non gjald payment, tribute. Pronunciation en /ˈdeɪnɡɛld/ UK Noun - en history A tax raised originally to pay tribute or protection money to the Viking raiders in the 10th and 11th centuries to save a land from being ravaged, and later continued as a land tax. en heregeld<qq:army-tax> en 1644 w:John Milton Areopagitica And who shall then stick closest to ye, and excite others? not he who takes up armes for cote and conduct, and his four nobles of Danegelt. en by extension Any kind of tribute. en 1989 Irwin M. Ryan The Last Congress Remco 9780962353505 The best now pay danegeld to the sloths, the greedy, the manipulators. And congress has legitimized the channels of deceit through laws which pay danegeld to the most strident noise makers. en 1988 Ken Smith Free is Cheaper But this part of the industry still had to pay Danegeld to the already over-endowed City. en 1980 Cylchgrawn Hanes Cymru This is not just a question of intelligent men selling out or having to pay Danegeld to the fundamentalists and the unions; ... en 1945 The Nineteenth Century and After He notes how 'the Conservatives confusedly thought that they had to pay danegeld to the Left and did so reluctantly and inappropriately, ... en 1963 Max Lerner America as a Civilization: Culture and personality When the challenge of the barbarians finally came , Rome had to pay Danegeld to buy off the marauders. en 1998 Forbes What's unfair is that we make it tough for young people to get a job unless they pay danegeld to a four-year college to get a certificate that says it's okay to employ them. Translations (history) tax raised to protect against Viking raiders Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 丹麦金 dānmàijīn Danish: da danegæld c German: de Danegeld n Marathi: mr डेनगेल्ड m Norwegian: Bokmål: nb danegjeld n Nynorsk: nn danegjeld n Swedish: sv danagäld c See also ang gafol tax, tribute Old English Anagrams en addeegln edgeland gladened en Taxation