spear penny

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释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A fine under medieval Welsh law levied on related male landowners when the immediate kin of a murderer proved incapable of paying galanas

    历史 法律

词源

From spear + penny, a calque translation of the Welsh ceiniog baladr, from ceiniog (“penny”) + paladr (“shaft"; "spear”).

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