galanas

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English

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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. feminine plural of galán
  2. feminine plural of galano

Welsh

Etymology

Compare Middle Irish galannas (“carnage”).

This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “GPC doesn't give an etymology. There's a vague resemblance to Sanskrit कदन (kadana, “destruction, slaughter”) that's probably a coincidence. Maybe a derivative of Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰen- (“to strike, slay”)?”

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

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Mutation

Mutated forms of galanas
radical soft nasal aspirate
galanas alanas ngalanas unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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References

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