Dane

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Dane native of Denmark XIII; breed of dog XVIII. — ON. Danir pl. (late L. Danī); superseding OE. Dene, which is repr. in Denmark (OE. Denemearc).
So danegeld tax imposed c. 1000. XI. — ON. *Danagjald (ODa. Danegjeld), f. g. pl. of Danir Danes + gjald payment, tribute (cf. YIELD). Danelaw the Danish laws anciently in force over the part of England occupied by the Danes, (hence) the region itself. Late OE. Dena lagu ‘Danes' law’, ME. Denelawe, was modernized by Lambarde (1576) as Dane lawe, and taken up by historians of XIX in the forms Danelage, -lagh, -law.

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