reordian

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reordian, wk.v: to speak, say. (REH-or-di-ahn / ˈrɛɔr-di-an)

Medieval manuscript illustration of a man carrying a young child on his back and walking with three other children; three of the children have writing connected to their mouths with a line like speech bubbles.
Jacobus de Voragine’s Legenda aurea; England, c. 1300; British Library, Stowe MS 49, f. 122r. [medievalbooks.nl]

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