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Dane⋅geld

  [deyn-geld]
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–noun
(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.
Also, danegeld, Dane⋅gelt, dane⋅gelt  [deyn-gelt] .

Origin:
bef. 1150; ME denegeld, danegeld, OE (Domesday Book) Danegeld. See Dane, geld 2
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Dane·geld   (dān'gěld')   
n.  A tax levied in England from the 10th to the 12th century to finance protection against Danish invasion.

[Middle English : Dane, genitive pl. of Dan, Dane; see Dane + geld, tribute (from Old English geld, gield, payment).]
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