halshugge

hals (“neck”) +‎ hugge (“to cut”)

halshugge (imperative halshug, infinitive at halshugge, present tense halshugger, past tense halshuggede, perfect tense har halshugget)

1. To behead, decapitate; to cut off the head (execution)

• halshugning

• “halshugge” in Den Danske Ordbog

• halshogge (Nynorsk also)

From hals +‎ hugge

halshugge (imperative halshugg, present tense halshugger, passive halshugges, simple past halshugde or halshugg or halshugget, past participle halshugd or halshugget, present participle halshuggende)

1. to behead, decapitate (cut off someone's head)

• “halshugge” in The Bokmål Dictionary.