Definitions for Danelaw

Danelaw Dane·law

Spelling: [deyn-law]
IPA: /ˈdeɪnˌlɔ/

Danelaw is a 7 letter English word.

You can make 144 anagrams from letters in Danelaw (aadelnw).

Definitions for Danelaw

noun

  1. the body of laws in force in the northeast of England where the Danes settled in the 9th century a.d.
  2. the part of England under this law.

Origin of Danelaw

before 1050; Middle English Dane-lawe, earlier Dene-lawe, Old English Dena lagu. See Dane, law1

Examples for Danelaw

Sweyn had evidently counted on a friendly reception in the Scandinavian settlements of the Danelaw, and he was not disappointed.

Barty felt that he had seen a great deal in the world since he left the farm in the Danelaw.

The Northmen in the Danelaw were being forced into political relations with the Saxon kings.

The office was not new in England; for more than a century it had flourished in the Danelaw.

Little by little the Danelaw was yielding to the common law of England, but that did not worry an Appleby.

Edmund's act was that of a rebel; but in the Danelaw it was probably regarded in large part as proper vengeance.

The area varied at different periods; but the earlier Danelaw seems to have comprised fifteen shires.

Two generations later they had destroyed three of the four English kingdoms and were organising the Danelaw on their ruins.

Some time during the first half of the year, a gemot was summoned to meet at Oxford, near the border of the Danelaw.

After the treaty of Wedmore the district became part of the Danelaw.

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