If once you have paid him the Danegeld, You never get rid of the Dane (Rudyard Kipling).
Useful english dictionary. 2012.
Dane|geld — or dane|geld «DAYN GEHLD», noun. (in English history) a tax collected regularly to buy off the Danish invaders, and later continued as a land tax: »If once you have paid him the Danegeld, You never get rid of the Dane (Rudyard Kipling). ╂[Middle… … Useful english dictionary
geld — dane·geld; geld·ing; he·re·geld; not·geld; geld; wer·geld; … English syllables
dane — bar·dane; chlor·dane; cis·pa·dane; dane; dane·geld; dane·law; lin·dane; lur·dane; mun·dane; mun·dane·ly; mun·dane·ness; trans·mun·dane; trans·pa·dane; ac·ri·dane; dane·gelt; dane·lagh; in·dane; … English syllables
danegeld — dane·geld … English syllables
Danegeld — Dane•geld [[t]ˈdeɪnˌgɛld[/t]] also Dane•gelt [[t] ˌgɛlt[/t]] n. why (sometimes l.c.) (in medieval England) a land tax believed to have been levied orig. as a tribute to the Danish invaders • Etymology: bef. 1150; ME denegeld, danegeld, OE… … From formal English to slang
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Danegeld — Dane geld , Danegelt Dane gelt , n. [AS. danegeld. See {Dane}, and {Geld}, n.] (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… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Danegelt — Danegeld Dane geld , Danegelt Dane gelt , n. [AS. danegeld. See {Dane}, and {Geld}, n.] (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… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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