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

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

Armenian: Դանելագ (Danelag)
Belarusian: Данела́г m (Danjeláh), Данэла́г m (Daneláh)
Danish: Danelagen n
Finnish: Tanskalaismaa, Danelaw, Danelagen
French: Danelaw (fr) m
German: Danelag (de) n
Greek: Nτέινλο n (Ntéinlo)
Icelandic: Danalög n pl
Japanese: デーンロウ (Dēnrō)
Korean: 데인로 (Deinno)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: Danelagen n

Nynorsk: Danelagen n
Portuguese: Danelaw m
Russian: Данела́г m (Danelág)
Swedish: Danelagen n
Ukrainian: Данела́г m (Daneláh)

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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