cnōsl

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cnōsl, n.n: race, progeny, offspring, kin, family. (K’NO-zull / ˈknoː-zəl)

Medieval manuscript image of a two-eared snake-like creature with the head of another in its mouth, and another creature with two small creatures emerging from its middle.
Two vipers mating and one giving birth in a Physiologus; Germany, early 14th century; Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Clm 3206, f. 150v. [digitale-sammlungen.de]

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