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A land we reunited in Anglo-Saxon England (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

danelaw

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'anglo-saxon england' is the definition.
The definition suggests a singular noun which matches the answer.

'a land we reunited' is the wordplay.
'reunited' indicates an anagram (I've seen 'reuniting' mean this (letters are put together again in a new way)).
'a'+'land'+'we'='alandwe'
'alandwe' with letters rearranged gives 'DANELAW'.

'in' is the link.

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(Other definitions for danelaw that I've seen before include "Viking-occupied England" , "Part of country once" , "NE England, once" , "old north" , "Northern part of England when under foreign rule" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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