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