nīten-cynn

nīten-cynn, n.n: kind of animal. (NEE-ten-KUEN / ˈniː-tɛn-ˌkyn)

Medieval manuscript image of Noah’s Ark, a dragon-headed ship filled with people and a variety of different animals in a tower-like structure; two six-winged angels hover above.
Junius Manuscript; England, 1000; Bodleian Library, MS Junius 11, p. 66. [digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk]

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