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.
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Danegeld
//ˈdeɪnɡɛld//
Synonyms for "danegeld" (1 found)
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Noun(1 words)
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Translations
7 translations across 7 languages.
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 丹麦金 noun ((history) tax raised to protect against Viking raiders)
Danish
1 entries- danegæld noun ((history) tax raised to protect against Viking raiders)
German
1 entries- Danegeld noun ((history) tax raised to protect against Viking raiders)
Marathi
1 entries- डेनगेल्ड noun ((history) tax raised to protect against Viking raiders)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- danegjeld noun ((history) tax raised to protect against Viking raiders)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- danegjeld noun ((history) tax raised to protect against Viking raiders)
Swedish
1 entries- danagäld noun ((history) tax raised to protect against Viking raiders)
Sample sentences
10 total sentences available.
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.
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But this part of the industry still had to pay Danegeld to the already over-endowed City.
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This is not just a question of intelligent men selling out or having to pay Danegeld to the fundamentalists and the unions; ...
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