trēow

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trēow, n.n: tree; wood. (TRAY-oh / ˈtreːɔw)

Medieval manuscript image of a man with a club at the base of a tree next to a pair of shoes; the man looks up into the tree’s branches where a boy in stocking feet is stealing cherries.
Luttrell Psalter; N England (Lincolnshire), 1325-1340; British Library, Add MS 42130, f. 196v. [bl.uk]

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