What Is a Danegeld Used for?

The Danegeld (/ˈdeɪnɡɛld/; "Danish tax", literally "Dane yield" or tribute) was a tax raised to pay tribute to the Viking raiders to save a land from being ravaged. It was called the geld or gafol in eleventh-century sources.

How did Danegeld help Aethelred?

Danegeld Helps

One way that Aethelred attempted to stop Viking attacks was to pay them to leave. This payment was called Danegeld __(money for the Danish). To begin with the Danegeld worked. Some Vikings left and some Vikings even stayed to protect the English!

What does Danegeld mean?

: an annual tax believed to have been imposed originally to buy off Danish invaders in England or to maintain forces to oppose them but continued as a land tax.