Danelaw Definition

dānlô

noun

The code of laws established in E and N England by Danish invaders and settlers in the 9th and 10th cent. a.d.

Webster's New World

The E and N section of England that was under this code.

Webster's New World

pronoun

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

Wiktionary

(history) The set of legal terms and definitions created in the treaties between the English Alfred the Great and the Danish Guthrum the Old.

Wiktionary

Origin of Danelaw

Middle English Denelage from Old English Dena lagu Dena genitive of Dene the Danes lagu law law

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
From Old English Dena lagu, from Dene (“Dane”) and lagu (“law”).

From Wiktionary

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