galanas
English
Etymology
From Welsh galanas (“murder; weregild”)
Pronunciation
Noun
galanas (plural galanases)
- (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
- (deprecated template usage) Feminine plural of adjective galán.
Noun
galanas f pl
Welsh
Etymology
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Noun
galanas f
- (law, historical) blood money, weregild, the fine paid by a murderer to the lord and family of his victim[1]
- (law, historical) the act of murder itself
Mutation
Welsh mutation | |||
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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
References
- ^ Wade-Evans, Arthur. Welsh Medieval Law. Oxford Univ., 1909. Accessed 1 Feb 2013.
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