Get to know Danegeld better with 5 real example sentences, the meaning.
Danegeld in a sentence
Danegeld meaning
- 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.
- Any kind of tribute.
Using Danegeld
- The main meaning on this page is: 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. | Any kind of tribute.
Context around Danegeld
- Average sentence length in these examples: 28.8 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 2 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 5 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Danegeld
- In this selection, "danegeld" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 28.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, paying and tribute stand out and add context to how "danegeld" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include are paying danegeld and levied a danegeld on that. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "danegeld" sits close to words such as aaas, aacc and aacs, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with danegeld
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Mark concludes by noting the irony that it is now the Danes who are paying Danegeld. (16 words)
More ancient Lydford silver pennies - paid as Danegeld - can now be found in modern Sweden than in their country of origin. (21 words)
The payment of Danegeld had to be underwritten by a huge balance of payments surplus; this could only be achieved by stimulating exports and cutting imports, itself accomplished through currency devaluation. (31 words)
The Danelaw resulted when Alfred the Great was forced to cede half his kingdom to the Vikings, who then settled there for a time and engaged in peaceful trade, but attacks eventually resumed and the English kings had to pay tribute (Danegeld). (42 words)
England Land taxes were not unknown in England, as the Anglo-Saxon kings had periodically levied a Danegeld on that basis, but tallage was brought to England by the Normans as a feudal duty. (34 words)
The payment of Danegeld had to be underwritten by a huge balance of payments surplus; this could only be achieved by stimulating exports and cutting imports, itself accomplished through currency devaluation. (31 words)
Example sentences (5)
Mark concludes by noting the irony that it is now the Danes who are paying Danegeld.
England Land taxes were not unknown in England, as the Anglo-Saxon kings had periodically levied a Danegeld on that basis, but tallage was brought to England by the Normans as a feudal duty.
More ancient Lydford silver pennies - paid as Danegeld - can now be found in modern Sweden than in their country of origin.
The Danelaw resulted when Alfred the Great was forced to cede half his kingdom to the Vikings, who then settled there for a time and engaged in peaceful trade, but attacks eventually resumed and the English kings had to pay tribute (Danegeld).
The payment of Danegeld had to be underwritten by a huge balance of payments surplus; this could only be achieved by stimulating exports and cutting imports, itself accomplished through currency devaluation.