Danegelt is valid Scrabble Word

Definitions for DANEGELT in dictionary:

NOUN:
• a tax imposed in the 10th century to buy off the Danes or to defend the country against them, also DANEGELD
• 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.
OTHER DEFINITIONS:
• same as danegeld

Words related to DANEGELT

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Words that contain DANEGELT

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How to use DANEGELT in a sentence

• The tax of Danegelt, so generally odious to the nation, was remitted in this reign.
• The imposition was called Danegelt, not more burdensome in the thing than scandalous in the name.
• He revived the tribute of Danegelt, so odious from its original cause and that of its revival, which he caused to be strictly levied throughout the kingdom.
• And who shall then stick closest to thee and excite others? Not he who takes up arms for coat and conduct, and his four nobles of Danegelt.

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