lǣdnes

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lǣdnes, f.n: bringing forth, birth (of a child). (LADD-ness / ˈlæːd-nɛs)

Medieval manuscript image of a woman lying in a bed screened by a curtain, with a swaddled infant held by a midwife.
A depiction of childbirth that has been smudged by kissing in the Passion of Margaret; N Italy (Padua?), 14th century; British Library, Egerton 877, f. 12r. [bl.uk]

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