Danelaw

Proper noun

Meaning

(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.

Examples

But before the Law of the Normans was the Law of the Danes, The Danelaw had a similar boundary to that of Mercia but had a population of Free Peasantry that were known to have resisted the Norman occupation. Source: Internet

At its height the Danelaw included London, all of East Anglia and most of the North of England. Source: Internet

He may actually have been expanding an established English custom for use among the Danish citizens in the North (the Danelaw ). Source: Internet

In the mixed population which existed in the Danelaw these endings must have led to much confusion, tending gradually to become obscured and finally lost." Source: Internet

In the mixed population which existed in the Danelaw these endings must have led to much confusion, tending gradually to become obscured and finally lost.” Source: Internet

Northumbria was within the Danelaw and therefore experienced greater influence from Norse than did the Southern dialects. Source: Internet

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