björkris

== Swedish == === Etymology === björk (“birch”) +‎ ris (“severed twigs”) === Noun === björkris n (countable, uncountable) severed birch twigs (usually in a bundle in the countable sense – often as decoration (see påskris), a bath broom (bastukvast), or, earlier, for corporal punishment) ==== Declension ==== ==== See also ==== aga bastukvast påskris ruska === References === “björkris”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)