bödhil (OSw) noun

A German loan-word. According to Schlyter an executioner; the context, however, only states that the bödhil was to be paid after a sentence following detainment by the king’s foghati (q.v.) in the king’s jail.


executioner OSw KrL DbI Refs:

KLNM s.v. bödel; Schlyter 1877, s.v. bödhil

Citation
  • ‘bödhil’. A Lexicon of Medieval Nordic Law.

    • http://www.dhi.ac.uk/lmnl/nordicheadword/displayPage/6859
    (04/29/2024)