Danelaw

Danelaw

English

Alternative forms

• Danelagh

Etymology

From Middle English Dene lawe, from Old English Dena lagu, from Dene (“Dane”) and lagu (“law”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdeɪnˌlɔ/

Proper noun

Danelaw

1. (historical) The part of Great Britain in which the laws of the Scandinavians dominated those of the Anglo-Saxons.
2. (historical) The set of legal terms and definitions created in the treaties between the English Alfred the Great and the Danish Guthrum the Old.

Translations

part of Great Britain

Belarusian: Данелаг (Danjelah) Danish: Danelagen c Finnish: Tanskalaismaa, Danelaw, Danelagen German: Danelag (de) Icelandic: Danalög n pl Norwegian: Bokmål: Danelagen Nynorsk: Danelagen

Portuguese: Danelaw m Russian: Данелаг (Danelag) Swedish: Danelagen Ukrainian: Данелаг (Danelah)

set of legal terms

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Portuguese

Proper noun

Danelaw m

1. (historical) Danelaw (part of Great Britain under Nordic control during the Middle Ages)