avrätta

== Swedish == === Alternative forms === afrätta (obsolete) === Etymology === Equivalent to av- +‎ rätta. Originally from Old Swedish rætta (“execute”), from Old Norse rétta, from Proto-Germanic *rihtijaną. Prefixed by analogy to Middle Low German africhten. Compare Danish afrette, Norwegian avretta, German abrichten. === Verb === avrätta (present avrättar, preterite avrättade, supine avrättat, imperative avrätta) to execute, put to death ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Related terms ==== avrättning skarprättare === References === “avrätta”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) “avrätta”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish) “avrätta”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) avrätta in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922) rätta in Knut Fredrik Söderwall, Ordbok öfver svenska medeltids-språket, del 2:1: M-T