ymb-clypping

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ymb-clypping, f.n: an embrace. (umb-KLUEP-ping / ymb-ˈklyp-pɪŋ)

Happy Hug a Medievalist Day (and also Ēaster-dæg to those who celebrate)!

Medieval manuscript image of a pair of birds, possibly eagles, raising their wings and intertwining their necks as if in an embrace.
Rochester Bible; England (Rochester), c. 1125-1140; British Library, Royal MS 1 C VII, f. 92r. [rochestercathedral.org]

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