think of the old German punishments, for instance, stoning (as far back as the legend, the millstone falls on the head of the guilty man), breaking on the wheel (the most original invention and speciality of the German genius in the sphere of punishment), dart-throwing, tearing, or trampling by horses ("quartering"), boiling the criminal in oil or wine (still prevalent in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries), the highly popular flaying ("slicing into strips"), cutting the flesh out of the breast; think also of the evil-doer being besmeared with honey, and then exposed to the flies in a blazing sun.
pentsa bedi antzinako zigor alemaniarretan, adibidez, harrikatzean (-elezaharrak berak errotarria errudunaren buru gainera erorarazten du), gurpila (jeinu alemaniarraren zigorraren erresumako asmakari eta espezialitate bereizgarriena!), paldoratzea, zaldiek erruduna zarratatu edo hankapetzea ("laurdenkatzea"), hobenduna oliotan edo ardotan irakinaraztea (XIV. eta XV. mendeetan oraindik erabilia), eta larrutze hain preziatua ("larru-zerrendak ateratzea"), bularretik haragia kentzea, baita gaizkilea eztiz estali eta, eguzki beroaren pean, eulien baitan uztea.