weol-dēaþ

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weol-dēaþ, m.n: a violent death. (WAY-ol-DAY-ath)

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Evil Merodach cutting his father’s body into 300 pieces. Speculum humanae salvationis. France, 1462. Lyon, Bibliothèque municipale, Ms. 245, f. 145r. [numelyo.bm-lyon.fr]

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