weg-fērend

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weg-fērend, m.n: a wayfarer, traveller. (WEY-FAY-rend / ˈwɛj-ˌfeː-rɛnd)

Medieval manuscript image of a barefoot St Christopher crossing a river, carrying the infant Jesus on his shoulders.
Burgundian Breviary. France (Besançon), 13th/14th century. Frauenfeld, Kantonsbibliothek Thurgau, Y 24, f. 176. [e-codices.unifr.ch]

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