Dane

Pronunciation: /deɪn/

The English word “Dane” has 3 meanings listed here.

noun

A person from Denmark or of Danish descent.
In Anglo-Saxon England, any of the seafaring raiders and settlers who attacked and colonized parts of England from the late 8th century onward; a Viking.
A member of a Germanic tribe inhabiting the Danish islands and parts of southern Sweden.

From Middle English Dane, from Old Norse danir or Old English Dene. Both forms ultimately descend from Proto-Germanic *daniz.

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