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

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Anagrams

Spanish

Adjective

galanas

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

Welsh

Etymology

Compare Middle Irish galannas (“carnage”).

Pronunciation

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[1]
  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

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