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Dane [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

A native of Denmark.

Dane [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

A native, or a naturalized inhabitant, of Denmark.

Danegeld [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Danegelt [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

In England, an annual tax formerly laid on the English nation, for maintaining forces to oppose the Danes, or to furnish tribute to procure peace. It was at first one shilling, and afterwards two, for every hide of land, except such as belonged to the church.

Danegelt [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

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.

Danewort [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

A plant of the genus Sambucus; a species of elder, called dwarf-elder or wall-wort.

Danewort [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

A fetid European species of elder (Sambucus Ebulus); dwarf elder; wallwort; elderwort; -- called also Daneweed, Dane's weed, and Dane's-blood. [Said to grow on spots where battles were fought against the Danes.]