| 单词 | blood-eagle |
| 释义 | > as lemmasblood-eagle blood-eagle n. [after Old Icelandic blóð-ǫrn] a method of torture and execution described in Old Icelandic literature, in which the ribs are cut away from the spine and spread into the shape of wings. ΘΚΠ the world > life > death > killing > killing by specific method > [noun] > cutting up or dismemberment lopping1641 blood-eagle1835 1835 W. E. Frye in tr. E. Tegnér Frithiof's Saga (Notes) 240 In the original, Bjorn says that he will avenge the death of Frithiof, should it occur, by cutting the ‘blood-eagle’..on the back of Ring. 1839 G. Stephens tr. E. Tegnér Frithiof's Saga xvi. 158 Blood-eagle lines on Thy foe shall be flowing. 1922 Cambr. Med. Hist. III. xiii. 329 Cutting the blood-eagle in the back of the fallen foe is well known from the vengeance for their father taken by the sons of Ragnarr Loðbrók. 1968 G. Jones Hist. Vikings iii. iii. 219 The same legends which put Ragnar in the snake-pit now let his sons carve the blood-eagle on Ella's back. 2003 D. Baraz Medieval Cruelty iii. 67 The representation of pagan Viking practices as more and more cruel in the central Middle Ages can be observed in relation to the blood-eagle method of sacrificial execution attributed to the Vikings. < as lemmas |
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