different between weregild vs galanas

English

Noun

weregild (countable and uncountable, plural weregilds)

1. Alternative spelling of wergeld
   • 1954, J. R. R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring, Book II, Chapter 11

     "This I will have as weregild for my father, and my brother," he said; and therefore whether we would or no, he took it to treasure it. But soon he was betrayed by it to his death; and so it is named in the North Isildur's Bane.

English

Etymology

From Welsh galanas (“murder; weregild”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???l??nas/

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

See also

• spear penny

Anagrams

• Alagnas, Laganas, lasagna

Spanish

Adjective

galanas

1. feminine plural of galán

Noun

galanas f pl

1. feminine plural of galán

Welsh

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /?a?lanas/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /?a?la?nas/, /?a?lanas/

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
2. (law, historical) the act of murder itself
3. a massacre

Derived terms

• galanastra

Mutation

See also

• ceiniog baladr

References