"blood eagle" meaning in English

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Noun

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): verikotka (Finnish), aigle de sang [masculine] (French), Blutaar [masculine] (German), Blutadler [masculine] (German), aquila di sangue [feminine] (Italian), águila de sangre [feminine] (Spanish), blodörn [common-gender] (Swedish), kan kartalı (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-blood_eagle-en-noun-MA9zfGVH Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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