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Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th
Danegeld
Danegeld [Danegeld] BrE NAmE noun [U]
a land tax that was introduced in ↑Anglo-Saxon England in 991 in order to raise money to pay the ↑Danes not to attack southern England. The payments of Danegeld only delayed the attack until 1013 when the Danish king Sweyn I brought England under Danish control. The tax was introduced again by the ↑Normans in the 11th century to pay for national defence.
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