DANEGELT
\dˈe͡ɪnd͡ʒɛlt], \dˈeɪndʒɛlt], \d_ˈeɪ_n_dʒ_ɛ_l_t]\
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An annual tax formerly laid on the English nation to buy off the ravages of Danish invaders, or to maintain forces to oppose them. It afterward became a permanent tax, raised by an assessment, at first of one shilling, afterward of two shillings, upon every hide of land throughout the realm.
By Oddity Software
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An annual tax formerly laid on the English nation to buy off the ravages of Danish invaders, or to maintain forces to oppose them. It afterward became a permanent tax, raised by an assessment, at first of one shilling, afterward of two shillings, upon every hide of land throughout the realm.
By Noah Webster.