"Danelaw" meaning in English

See Danelaw in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

IPA: /ˈdeɪnˌlɔ/
Etymology: From Middle English Dene lawe, from Old English Dena lagu, from Dene (“Dane”) and lagu (“law”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|Dene lawe}} Middle English Dene lawe, {{inh|en|ang|Dena lagu}} Old English Dena lagu Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Danelaw
  1. (history) The part of Great Britain in which the laws of the Scandinavians dominated those of the Anglo-Saxons. Categories (topical): History Translations (part of Great Britain): Դանելագ (Danelag) (Armenian), Данела́г (Danjeláh) [masculine] (Belarusian), Данэла́г (Daneláh) [masculine] (Belarusian), Danelagen [neuter] (Danish), Tanskalaismaa (Finnish), Danelaw (Finnish), Danelagen (Finnish), Danelaw [masculine] (French), Danelag [neuter] (German), Nτέινλο (Ntéinlo) [neuter] (Greek), Danalög [neuter, plural] (Icelandic), デーンロウ (Dēnrō) (Japanese), 데인로 (Deinno) (Korean), Danelagen [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), Danelagen [neuter] (Norwegian Nynorsk), Danelaw [masculine] (Portuguese), Данела́г (Danelág) [masculine] (Russian), Danelagen [neuter] (Swedish), Данела́г (Daneláh) [masculine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-Danelaw-en-name-ebEC6WXU Topics: history, human-sciences, sciences Disambiguation of 'part of Great Britain': 96 4
  2. (history) The set of legal terms and definitions created in the treaties between the English Alfred the Great and the Danish Guthrum the Old. Categories (topical): History
    Sense id: en-Danelaw-en-name-mAQGr4Bm Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Armenian translations, Terms with Belarusian translations, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Icelandic translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Korean translations, Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations, Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 35 65 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 26 74 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 44 56 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 44 56 Disambiguation of Terms with Armenian translations: 39 61 Disambiguation of Terms with Belarusian translations: 32 68 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 19 81 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 30 70 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 19 81 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 21 79 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 23 77 Disambiguation of Terms with Icelandic translations: 36 64 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 18 82 Disambiguation of Terms with Korean translations: 38 62 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations: 34 66 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations: 36 64 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 38 62 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 18 82 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 35 65 Disambiguation of Terms with Ukrainian translations: 38 62 Topics: history, human-sciences, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: Danelagh

Alternative forms

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