gearn

gearn, n.n: yarn, spun wool. (YEH-arn / ˈjɛarn)

Medieval manuscript image of a woman, wearing a wimpled veil, emerging from a flower, holding a yarn winder in the right hand and a spindle in the left hand.
Book of Hours; France (Paris), 1425-1430; Morgan Library & Museum, MS M.453, f. 114r. [ica.themorgan.org]

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