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Icelandic
Etymology
The word is earliest attested in 1500's & Asgeir Blöndal Magnusson estimates that the term is a Danish borrowing rather than a native term
Pronunciation
Noun
böðull m (genitive singular böðuls, nominative plural böðlar)
- executioner
Declension
Declension of böðull (masculine)