lyft-sceaþa

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lyft-sceaþa, m.n: robber of the air (an epithet for the raven). (LUEFT-SHEH-ah-tha / ˈlyft-ˌʃɛa-θa)

Bestiaire d’amour. France, 14th century. Bodleian Library, MS Douce 308, f. 90r. [iiif.bodleian.ox.ac.uk]

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