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Danegeld - A short history of Danegeld.
Rudyard Kipling's "Danegeld" - Kipling's poem on the tax.
Squires, Susan - Danegeld is Susan Squires' first book, a gritty romance, alive with the historical detail she loves. In Dark Age Britain, a Saxon wicce meets a Viking warrior and their love changes history.

Danegeld - The Danegeld was an English tribute raised to pay off Viking raiders to save the land from being ravaged by the raiders. The expeditions were usually led by the Danish kings, but they were composed by warriors from all over Scandinavia, and they eventually brought home more than 100 tonnes ...
Risbyle Runestones - ... Risbyle Runestones are runestones found near the western shore of Lake Vallentunasjön in Uppland, Sweden. They were engraved in Old Norse with the Younger Futhark in the early 11th century by the family of the Viking Ulfr of Báristaðir (Borresta) who had partaken in the danegeld in England and raised two of the Orkesta Runestones in the same region.
Manor of Worksop - The Manor of Worksop, Derbyshire, England, is held in grand serjeanty. Allegedly created in memory of Danegeld it requires its owner to render to the Sovereign a pair of white kid gloves, and also to support their right arm while carrying the sceptre.
Geld - Geld is a medieval (and modern Danish) name for a kind of tax like the Danegeld or the Heregeld. Also as in Geld rolls.