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First, it all goes into the great churned wash of danegeld, that is the exchequer, and is carved up by the Chancellor at spending reviews.
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"danegeld" was levied on both armies to defray the expenses of the
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 3: Brownson-Clairvaux 1840-1916 1913
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The Tory party stands to win the next election by default, and likely we'll have a different set of special interest groups swaying things. danegeld
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They'd tried military action, and been cut to bits; they'd paid danegeld without avail.
Isabelle Estelle Bruno 2010
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Which is, of course, not at all the same thing as paying the danegeld.
Somali pirates, U.S. crew, Rush Limbaugh, and Barack Obama. Ann Althouse 2009
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It's interesting to note that those Banks which refused State bail-outs are performing well, whereas those which took the Brown danegeld are forecast to announce even more losses.
Archive 2009-08-03 2009
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The Post can sense that paying more danegeld to Warman doesn't make sense.
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Like Maclean's, they could have chosen to pay some danegeld to extricate themselves from Richard Warman's lawsuit; instead, they decided to fight.
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The Post can sense that paying more danegeld to Warman doesn't make sense.
The National Post: Warman lawsuit "entirely unfounded" - Ezra Levant 2008
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Like Maclean's, they could have chosen to pay some danegeld to extricate themselves from Richard Warman's lawsuit; instead, they decided to fight.
Buzz - Ezra Levant 2008
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