ätteklubba
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Swedish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
ätt (“clan, family”) + klubba (“club”). Compare to Norwegian Bokmål ætteklubbe
Noun[edit]
ätteklubba c
- (folklore) a club said to be used for mandatory practice of geronticide some places in Scandinavia until the 19th century
Usage notes[edit]
Even if acts of geronticide was reported among Sami people (as a form of euthanasia, not as a mandatory practice) and are also widely known from Swedish fairy tales (as a mandatory practice), the physical examples of this kind of clubs are often considered as hoaxes.
Declension[edit]
| Declension of ätteklubba | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | ätteklubba | ätteklubban | ätteklubbor | ätteklubborna |
| Genitive | ätteklubbas | ätteklubbans | ätteklubbors | ätteklubbornas |