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spear-penny

spear-penny is the alternative form of spear penny.

Meaning of spear penny

Noun

spear penny

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

Questions about spear-penny

What is spear-penny the alternative form of?
Spear-penny is the alternative form of spear penny.

Words near spear-penny in the dictionary

  1. spear-carriers
  2. spear-chucker
  3. spear-chuckers
  4. spear-head
  5. spear-heads
  6. spear-penny
  7. spear-point
  8. spear-points
  9. spear-rib
  10. spear-ribs
  11. spear-thrower

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