stæghl (OSw) noun

Literally ‘stake, pole’ referring to an implement for capital punishment of disputed construction and usage. Presumably, a wheel placed on top of a pole used for breaking a criminal’s limbs or joints and/or for attaching and displaying the dead or dying body. Used for certain male murderers, whereas the corresponding female offender was to be stoned. It was not specified who was to act as executioner, but OSw ÖgL Eb suggests the plaintiff.

wheel OSw HL Mb
OSw KrL Hb
OSw MEL Hb
OSw SdmL Mb Refs:

Ambrius 1996, 63; Kjus 2011, 100−01; KLNM s.v.v. dødsstraf, straffredskap; Schlyter s.v. stæghla