Meaning of Danegeld | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Alternative letter-case form of Danegeld.
   alt-of, uncountable
2. 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.
   uncountable
3. Any kind of tribute.
   broadly, uncountable

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Examples

“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.”

“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.”

“But this part of the industry still had to pay⟳ Danegeld to the already over-endowed City.”

“This is not just a question⟳ of intelligent men selling out or having to pay⟳ Danegeld to the fundamentalists and the unions; ...”

“He notes how 'the Conservatives confusedly thought that they had to pay⟳ danegeld to the Left and did so reluctantly and inappropriately, ...”

“When the challenge⟳ of the barbarians finally came , Rome had to pay⟳ Danegeld to buy⟳ off the marauders.”

“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.”

“He notes how 'the Conservatives confusedly thought that they had to pay⟳ danegeld to the Left and did so reluctantly and inappropriately, ...”

“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.”

“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.”

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