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  1. In English history, a tax imposed from 991 by
  2. Anglo-Saxon kings to pay tribute to the
  3. Vikings. After the Norman Conquest the tax
  4. continued to be levied until 1162, and the
  5. Normans used it to finance military
  6. operations.
  7.