hēah-dēor

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hēah-dēor, n.n: stag, deer. (HAY-ah-DAY-or / ˈheːax-ˌdeːɔr)

Medieval manuscript image of a wide-eyed stag.
Sextus Placitus, De medicina ex animalibus; England, late 12th century; Bodleian Library, MS. Ashmole 1462, f. 49r. [digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk]

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