Danegelt
Defined in 3 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Black's (1891)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
A tax or tribute imposed upon the English when the Danes got a footing in their island.
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
An annual English tax to finance fighting the Danes.
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
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.