wæfer-sīn

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wæfer-sīn, f.n: a sight, show, spectacle. (WAE-ver-SEEN / ˈwæ-vɛr-ˌsiːn)

charles_v_feast
The performance of a crusade play at King Charles V’s feast, from the Great Chronicles of France (Grandes chroniques de France). Paris, c. 1375-1380. Bibliothèque nationale de France, MS fr. 2813, f. 473v. [blogs.getty.edu]

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