gēocend

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gēocend, m.n: a preserver, saviour. (YAY-ock-end / ˈjeːɔ-kɛnd)

Medieval manuscript image of Christ stabbing a devil with his cross staff and grasping the hand of a naked man, who grasps the hand of the naked woman behind him, and so on, leading a whole line of people out of hell which is represented by a beast’s mouth.
Psalter; England (Oxford), c. 1200; British Library, Arundel MS 157, f. 110r. [picryl.com]

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