sten (OSw) steinn (ON) noun

Stones appear as objects of pagan beliefs (OIce Klþ 7; OSw HL Kkb 1), border markers, impromptu weapons and tools of capital punishment.

rock ONorw GuL Mhb
stone OSw HL Kkb
OSw KrL Bb
OSw MEL Bb
OSw SdmL Mb
Expressions:

döma under sten (OSw)

A capital punishment, presumably stoning, for women guilty of certain killings within the family. It was not specified who was to act as executioner.

sentence under stones OSw SdmL Mb 28

mærkia mæth sten æthe mæth stapel æthe mæth gryft (ODan)

mark with stone or with stake or with ditch ODan JyL 1, 2

ren ok sten (OSw)

edges and stones OSw YVgL Jb ÄVgL Jb

staki oc steen oc been (OSw)

pole and stone and bone [as boundary markers] OSw KrL Bb

stens mater ok strandar (OSw)

A capital punishment, often interpreted as stoning, for women committing witchcraft and for men stealing grain. It was not specified who was to act as executioner.

food for stone and shore OSw DL Kkb, Tjdb

tyrfa meþ stenum (OSw)

stone OSw UL Mb

Refs:

Ambrius 1996, 48−49; KLNM s.v. dødsstraf; Schlyter s.v. strand