hlæst

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hlæst, n.n: load, cargo, freight, burden. (H’LAST / ˈhlæst)

Medieval manuscript image of a ship sailing on the sea, carrying six people; the ship has a beast’s head at the prow, and the wind depicted as two hairy heads blowing the sail.
Image: Chronicle of John of Worcester; England (Worcester), 1128-40; Bodleian Library, Corpus Christi College, MS 157, p. 383. [digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk]

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