ā-cæglod, adj: pegged, as if studded with pegs. (ah-KAE-glod / aː-ˈkæ-glɔd)
This word comes from the Old English translation of Alexander the Great’s letter to Aristotle in a description of a strange Indian creature known as the ‘moon-head’. To read the full description and see medieval and modern illustrations of this critter, visit Dēor-hord: a medieval and modern bestiary.
