geap

geap, adj: crooked; deceitful, crafty, cunning. (YEH-op / ˈjɛap)

Medieval manuscript image of a fox wearing a bishop’s mitre and carrying a crozier, addressing a group of various birds gathered before him.
Smithfield Decretals; Toulouse, c. 1300, with illuminations added in London c. 1340; British Library, Royal 10 E IV, f. 49v. [discardingimages.tumblr.com]

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