trēow-fugol

trēow-fugol, m.n: a tree-dwelling bird. (TRAY-oh-FUH-goll / ˈtreːɔw-ˌfʌ-gɔl)

Medieval manuscript image of ten white birds perched on the branches of a tree; at the tree’s base are a pair of two-legged, winged dragons.
Peridexion tree in the Ashmole Bestiary; England (Peterborough? Lincoln?), 1201-1225; Bodleian Library, MS. Ashmole 1511, f. 77v. [digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk]

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