heoru-drēorig

heoru-drēorig, adj: blood-stained, drenched in blood; very sad, disconsolate; used as a substantive to mean ‘the disconsolate one’. (HEH-or-uh-DRAY-oh-rih / ˈhɛɔ-rʌ-ˌdreːɔ-rɪj)

Medieval manuscript image of five disembodied wounds gushing out blood.
Five Wounds of Christ in the Loftie Hours; Netherlands, 15th century; Walters Art Museum, MS W.165, f. 110v. [thedigitalwalters.org]

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