böðull

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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)

  1. executioner

Declension