ätteklubba
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Swedish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]ätt (“clan, family”) + klubba (“club”). Compare to Norwegian Bokmål ætteklubbe
Noun
[edit]ätteklubba c
- (folklore) a club said to be used for mandatory practice of geronticide some places in Scandinavia until the 19th century
Usage notes
[edit]Even if acts of geronticide was reported among Sami people (as a form of euthanasia, not as a mandatory practice) and are also widely known from Swedish fairy tales (as a mandatory practice), the physical examples of this kind of clubs are often considered as hoaxes.
Declension
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | ätteklubba | ätteklubban | ätteklubbor | ätteklubborna |
Genitive | ätteklubbas | ätteklubbans | ätteklubbors | ätteklubbornas |