hæg-þorn

hæg-þorn, m.n: hawthorn. (HAIE-THORN / ˈhæj-ˌθɔrn)

Medieval manuscript illustration of a barbery or hawthorn busy, with wide green leaves and red flowers.
Tractatus de herbis; Italy, late 13th century; British Library, Egerton MS 747, f. 15r. [iiif.bl.uk]

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