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Discussion in 'Watford' started by colognehornet, Jun 26, 2013.

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  1. Bolton's Boots

    Bolton's Boots Well-Known Member

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    Good guess, but no...

    <laugh> - it's not that hard. You just have to think about how governments raise money....
     
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  2. oldfrenchhorn

    oldfrenchhorn Well-Known Member Forum Moderator

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    Anything to do with Danegeld's that go back to that era?
     
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  3. yorkshirehornet

    yorkshirehornet Well-Known Member

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    noo..... I just cant get it.... this evening...
     
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  4. yorkshirehornet

    yorkshirehornet Well-Known Member

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    ransom?
     
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  5. yorkshirehornet

    yorkshirehornet Well-Known Member

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    ransom and danegeld?
     
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  6. Bolton's Boots

    Bolton's Boots Well-Known Member

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    Neither.

    There's a forthcoming referendum which may give a clue....
     
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  7. geitungur akureyrar

    geitungur akureyrar Well-Known Member

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    Robbery
     
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  8. geitungur akureyrar

    geitungur akureyrar Well-Known Member

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    Thrift = þrift = prosperity
    Trust = traust = help/confidence

    A higher level slave could be a trustee
     
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  9. geitungur akureyrar

    geitungur akureyrar Well-Known Member

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    Scot has a referendum. Skotfreo is old english or scotfree is free of tax, skot was norse for tax.

    The slave answer is there must have been a slave named Scot who escaped or was allowed to be free.
     
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  10. yorkshirehornet

    yorkshirehornet Well-Known Member

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    thrall?
     
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  11. Bolton's Boots

    Bolton's Boots Well-Known Member

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    Well done AK - the Scandinavian for tax, skat, did indeed become scot, with the meaning being a redistributive taxation levied as a form of municipal poor relief. The origins of the term scot free have been wrongly taken to have come from either the story of an escaped slave in America named Dred Scott,or the notorious, and entirely false, reputation for meanness that Scottish people have. :)

    Over to you...
     
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  12. yorkshirehornet

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    <yikes>
    How did anyone get that !
     
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  13. Bolton's Boots

    Bolton's Boots Well-Known Member

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    Dare I say that a Scottish or Scandinavian background would help.... :)
     
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  14. geitungur akureyrar

    geitungur akureyrar Well-Known Member

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    Just call me Heiðar MacHelguson ;)

    My question is a picture. What exactly is this?

    quiz.jpg
     
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    Is it a Faberge gold egg?
     
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  16. yorkshirehornet

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    A dinosaur turd?
     
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    Super thick head hoopster's brain?
     
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  18. geitungur akureyrar

    geitungur akureyrar Well-Known Member

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    No, but looking in the right direction

    No

    I hope the object is not but would explain a lot. :)
     
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  19. hornethologist a.k.a. theo

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    An Icelandic sculpture by Sigurdur Gudmundson
     
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  20. geitungur akureyrar

    geitungur akureyrar Well-Known Member

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    No
     
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