galanas

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Etymology

From Welsh galanas (murder; weregild)

Pronunciation

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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Spanish

Adjective

galanas

  1. (deprecated template usage) Feminine plural of adjective galán.

Noun

galanas f pl

  1. feminine plural of galán

Welsh

Etymology

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Noun

galanas f

  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
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.

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References

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