"blood eagle" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: blood eagles [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} blood eagle (plural blood eagles)
  1. 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. Wikipedia link: blood eagle Translations (method of execution): blodørn (Danish), verikotka (Finnish), aigle de sang [masculine] (French), Blutaar [masculine] (German), Blutadler [masculine] (German), blóðörn (Icelandic), aquila di sangue [feminine] (Italian), blodørn (Norwegian), blóðörn (Old Norse), águila de sangre [feminine] (Spanish), blodörn [common-gender] (Swedish), kan kartalı (Turkish)

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