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Welsh
Etymology
From ceiniog (“penny”) + paladr (“shaft”; “spear”), from the fact it was payable by male relatives capable of bearing arms.
Noun
ceiniog baladr f (plural ceiniogau paladr)
- (law, historical) a spear penny, a fine under medieval Welsh law levied on related male landowners when the immediate kin of a murderer proved incapable of paying galanas
Mutation
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
References
- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “ceiniog”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies