lūtan

lūtan, str.v: to bow, bend forward, stoop, fall down before one. (LOO-tahn / ˈluː-tan)

Medieval marginal illustration of a disarmed knight kneeling before a large snail, with a big sword stuck in the ground between them.
Gorleston Psalter; England (Suffolk), 1310-1324; British Library, Add MS 49622, f. 162v. [blogs.bl.uk]

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