ALL meanings of danegeld
Dane·geld
D d - noun danegeld the tax first levied in the late 9th century in Anglo-Saxon England to provide protection money for or to finance forces to oppose Viking invaders 3
- noun danegeld an Anglo-Saxon tax supposedly first levied to support forces resisting the Danes invading England and later continued as a land tax 3
- noun danegeld (in medieval England) an additional tax on land believed to have been levied originally as a tribute to the Danish invaders but later continued for other purposes. 1
- noun danegeld (historical) A tax raised originally to protect against Viking raiders in the 10th and 11th centuries, and later continued as a land tax. 0