tīr-fruma

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tīr-fruma, m.n: the source of glory or the prince of glory, the Deity. (TEER-FRUM-ah / ˈtiːr-ˌfrʌ-ma)

A letter R in a medieval manuscript containing a scene of the Resurrection of Christ; a bleeding man wearing a blue cloth and a crown of thorns emerges from a tomb, around which soldiers and a dog are sprawled.
Sherborne Missal; England (Sherborne), early 15th century; British Library, Add MS 74236, p. 216. [blogs.bl.uk]

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