stupstock

Swedish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Swedish stūpostokker. By surface analysis, stupa +‎ stock.

Noun

stupstock c

1. chopping block (place where a person's head was placed prior to beheading)

Declension

Declension of stupstock

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	stupstock	stupstocks
	definite	stupstocken	stupstockens
plural	indefinite	stupstockar	stupstockars
	definite	stupstockarna	stupstockarnas

See also

• skampåle
• spöpåle

Further reading

• stupstock in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker
• stupstock in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)