blood eagle
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English[edit]
Noun[edit]
blood eagle (plural blood eagles)
- A method of Viking ritual execution, in which the ribs are opened from the back, and the lungs pulled out and arranged to resemble wings.
Usage notes[edit]
- Some historians maintain that blood eagle executions were actually never carried out, and that the concept is based on misinterpretation of the Norse sagas.
Translations[edit]
method of execution
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