Danelaw

[ deyn-law ]

/ ˈdeɪnˌlɔ /

the body of laws in force in the northeast of England where the Danes settled in the 9th century a.d.

the part of England under this law.

Also Dane·la·ge

[deyn-lah-guh, dah-nuh-lah-guh] /ˈdeɪnˌlɑ gə, ˌdɑ nəˈlɑ gə/, Dane·lagh

[deyn-law] /ˈdeɪnˌlɔ/.

Origin of Danelaw

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

No, for the Danelaw, under this treaty, included all Cambridgeshire and other hidated districts.

Feudal England -- Historical Studies On The Eleventh And Twelfth Centuries |J.H. Round
Edmund's act was that of a rebel; but in the Danelaw it was probably regarded in large part as proper vengeance.

Canute the Great |Laurence Marcellus Larson
Barty felt that he had seen a great deal in the world since he left the farm in the Danelaw.

In the Days of the Guild |Louise Lamprey
The office was not new in England; for more than a century it had flourished in the Danelaw.

Canute the Great |Laurence Marcellus Larson

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

In the Days of the Guild |Louise Lamprey

Danelaw

/ (ˈdeɪnˌlɔː) /

the northern, central and eastern parts of Anglo-Saxon England in which Danish law and custom were observed

Old English Dena lagu Danes' law; term revived in the 19th century