galanas

English

Etymology

From Welsh galanas (“murder; weregild”)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡɑˈlɑːnəs/

Noun

galanas (plural galanases)

  1. (historical, law) the blood money or weregild paid by a murderer to the family of his victim under early Welsh law

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Anagrams

Spanish

Adjective

galanas

  1. Feminine plural of adjective galán.

Noun

galanas f pl

  1. feminine plural of galán

Welsh

Noun

galanas f (plural {{{2}}})

  1. (law, historical) blood money, weregild, the fine paid by a murderer to the lord and family of his victim[1]
  2. (law, historical) the act of murder itself

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radicalsoftnasalaspirate
galanas alanas ngalanas unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

See also

References

  1. ↑ Wade-Evans, Arthur. Welsh Medieval Law. Oxford Univ., 1909. Accessed 1 Feb 2013.
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