sǣnig

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sǣnig, adj: marine. (SAE-nih / ˈsæː-nɪj)

Medieval manuscript image of a boat carrying two sailors floating beside a giant fish, on which rests a cooking pot and two other sailors, one of whom is falling into the sea; the giant fish plunges down to swallow some small fish.
Bestiary; France (formerly Flanders), c. 1270; Getty Museum, Ms. Ludwig XV 3, f. 89v. [getty.edu]

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