Danegelt
A Dictionary of Law · Henry Campbell Black · 1891
A Dictionary of Law
DANEGELD.
A tribute of 1s. and afterwards of 2s. upon every hide of land through the realm, levied by the Anglo-Saxons, for maintaining such a number of forces as were thought sufficient to clear the British seas of Danish pirates, who greatly annoyed their coasts. It continued a tax until the time of Stephen, and was one of the rights of the crown.
Wharton.