stupstock
Appearance
Swedish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Old Swedish stūpostokker. By surface analysis, stupa + stock.
Noun
[edit]stupstock c
- chopping block (place where a person's head was placed prior to beheading)
Declension
[edit]nominative | genitive | ||
---|---|---|---|
singular | indefinite | stupstock | stupstocks |
definite | stupstocken | stupstockens | |
plural | indefinite | stupstockar | stupstockars |
definite | stupstockarna | stupstockarnas |
See also
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- stupstock in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker
- stupstock in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)