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galanas

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Etymology

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From Welsh galanas (“murder; weregild”).

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Noun

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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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Adjective

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galanas

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

Welsh

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Etymology

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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

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Noun

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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

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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.

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References

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