bautasten

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse bautarsteinn, bautasteinn. Cf. Norwegian Nynorsk bautastein.

Noun

bautasten c

  1. a menhir (especially in Nordic contexts)

Usage notes

Idiomatically what Obelix - from the Asterix comics - carries around.

Declension

Declension of bautasten
nominative genitive
singular indefinite bautasten bautastens
definite bautastenen bautastenens
plural indefinite bautastenar bautastenars
definite bautastenarna bautastenarnas

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