Associations to the word «Danegeld»
Noun
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Wiktionary
DANEGELD, noun. (history) A tax raised originally to protect against Viking raiders in the 10th and 11th centuries, and later continued as a land tax.
Wise words
It is better wither to be silent, or to say things of more
value than silence. Sooner throw a pearl at hazard than an
idle or useless word; and do not say a little in many words,
but a great deal in a few.