wīc-eard

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wīc-eard, m.n: a dwelling-place. (WEECH-EH-ard / ˈwiːtʃ-ˌɛard)

Medieval manuscript illustration of a haloed woman nursing her child and a bearded man sitting in a barrel chair and eating from a bowl inside a house; in the background is a cooking pot hanging above a fire, a storage cabinet, a shelf with pewter plates, a utensil rack, and a small window.
Hours of Catherine of Cleves; Netherlands (Utrecht), c. 1440; Morgan Library & Museum, MS M.917/945, p. 151. [themorgan.org]

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