galanas
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English
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Etymology
[edit]From Welsh galanas (“murder; weregild”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]galanas (plural galanases)
- (historical, law) the blood money or weregild paid by a murderer to the family of his victim under early Welsh law
See also
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[edit]Adjective
[edit]galanas
Welsh
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Compare Middle Irish galannas (“carnage”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (North Wales) IPA(key): /ɡaˈlanas/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /ɡaˈlaːnas/, /ɡaˈlanas/
Noun
[edit]galanas f (plural galanasau or galanasoedd)
- (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
- a massacre
Derived terms
[edit]Mutation
[edit]| 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
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Wade-Evans, Arthur. Welsh Medieval Law. Oxford Univ., 1909. Accessed 1 Feb 2013.
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