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

(historical) The part of Great Britain in which the laws of the Scandinavians dominated those of the Anglo-Saxons.
(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

Portuguese

Proper noun

Danelaw m

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

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