Danegeld

n. 丹麦税赋

发音

UK /ˈdeɪnɡɛld/

别名

danegeld Danegelt

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A tax raised originally to pay tribute or protection money to the Viking raiders in the 10th and 11th centuries to save a land from being ravaged, and later continued as a land tax.

    丹麦金

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  2. 2.

    Any kind of tribute.

    不可数 引申义

词源

Inherited from Middle English danegeld, from Dane, genitive plural of Dan (“Dane”), plus geld (“geld, tribute, payment”). Apparently modeled on a Scandinavian word such as Old Danish Danegjeld), from Old Norse *Danagjald, from the genitive plural of Danir (“Danes”) + gjald (“payment, tribute”).

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