spear penny

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

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

词源

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