stupa (OSw) noun

A German loan-word. Refers both to a building where an offender was detained awaiting justice to be done, and to a pole, presumably outside that building, where an offender could be flogged, usually as a punishment when unable to pay fines.

jail OSw BjR
pillory OSw BjR
OSw MESt Kgb Skb Rb Hb Tb
Expressions:

wardha slaghen widher/til stupona (OSw)

to be flogged at the pillory OSw MESt Kgb Bb Skb Rb

Refs:

KLNM s.v. stupa