ceiniog baladr

Welsh

Alternative forms

Etymology

From ceiniog (“penny”) + paladr (“shaft”; “spear”), from the fact it was payable by male relatives capable of bearing arms.

Noun

ceiniog baladr f (plural ceiniogau paladr)

  1. (law, historical) a spear penny, a fine under medieval Welsh law levied on related male landowners when the immediate kin of a murderer proved incapable of paying galanas

Mutation
Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
ceiniog baladr geiniog baladr ngheiniog baladr cheiniog baladr
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
  • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “ceiniog”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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