oret-mæcg

oret-mæcg, m.n: a combatant, warrior, champion. (OR-et-MADGE / ˈɔ-rɛt-ˌmædʒ)

Medieval manuscript image of a rabbit standing on its hind legs waving a giant sword in one forepaw and holding a round shield in the other.
Vincent de Beauvais’s Speculum Historiale; N France (Saint-Omer), c. 1300; Boulogne-sur-Mer, Bibliothèque municipale, 0130, t. II, f. 319v. [portail.biblissima.fr]

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