Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

danegeld

/ˈdeɪnɡɛld/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.28 in modern English

Syllables: da-negeld
IPA: /ˈdeɪnɡɛld/

11

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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

noun

Any kind of tribute.

Uncountable

noun

Alternative letter-case form of Danegeld.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"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."

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English danegeld, from Dane, genitive plural of Dan (“Dane”), plus geld (“geld, tribute, payment”). Apparently modeled on a Scandinavian word such as Old Danish Danegjeld, from Old Norse *Danagjald, from the genitive plural of Danir (“Danes”) + gjald (“payment, tribute”).

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: danegeld, *Danagjald

Regional Pronunciation

British English: /ˈdeɪnɡɛld/

Usage

Uncountable

Inflected Forms

Danegelt (alternative)

Frequently Paired Words

gafol

Synonyms

heregeld

Questions

How do you pronounce danegeld?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈdeɪnɡɛld/.
What does danegeld mean?: 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.
Where does danegeld come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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