Danegeld

Danegeld读音音标

英 [ˈdeinˌɡeld]

美 [ˈdenˌɡɛld]

Danegeld意思解释

n.

丹麦税赋；

英英释义

The Danegeld (; \"Danish tax\", literally \"Dane tribute\") was a tax raised to pay tribute to the Viking raiders to save a land from being ravaged. It was called the geld or gafol in eleventh-century sources;Gafol, gyld and in one instance heregild appear in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle the term Danegeld did not appear until the early twelfth century.