leoþu-cǣge, f.n: a limb-key, key which consists of limbs. (LEH-oth-uh-KAE-yuh / ˈlɛɔ-θʌ-ˌkæː-jə)
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leoþu-cǣge, f.n: a limb-key, key which consists of limbs. (LEH-oth-uh-KAE-yuh / ˈlɛɔ-θʌ-ˌkæː-jə)
Old English Wordhord 
This is curious. What is a limb key made of and used for? Is it animal limbs and perhaps for decorative purposes?
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Curious indeed! I wish I knew the answer. It’s a hapax, appearing only once in the OE corpus, and is in a poem that describes God locking the way into Mary behind him with a metaphorical key (how she was able to conceive without having sex).
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