bödel
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See also: bodel
Swedish
Etymology
From Middle Low German bodel, from Old Saxon budil, from Proto-West Germanic *budil, from Proto-Germanic *budilaz (“bailiff, one who carries out an order”).
Pronunciation
Noun
bödel c
- an executioner
- Synonym: (that beheads) skarprättare
Declension
Declension of bödel
References
- bödel in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- bödel in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- bödel in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
- bödel in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)