galanas

English

Etymology

From Welsh galanas (“murder; weregild”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡaˈlanas/

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

See also

• spear penny

Anagrams

• Alagnas, Laganas, lasagna

Spanish

Adjective

galanas

1. feminine plural of galán
2. feminine plural of galano

Welsh

Etymology

Compare Middle Irish galannas (“carnage”).

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ɡaˈlanas/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ɡaˈlaːnas/, /ɡaˈlanas/

Noun

galanas f (plural galanasau or galanasoedd)

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

Derived terms

• galanastra

Mutation

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

See also

• ceiniog baladr