hjul (ODan) noun

An implement for capital punishment in the form of a wheel on which arsonists, church burglars and murderers could be broken. It was not specified who was to act as executioner.


wheel ODan ESjL 2
ODan SkL 151
Refs:

KLNM s.v. dødsstraf

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

  • http://www.dhi.ac.uk/lmnl/nordicheadword/displayPage/2173
    (09/17/2024)