hrycg-hǣr

hrycg-hǣr, n.n: hair on the back of an animal. (H’RUEDG-HAER / ˈhrydʒ-ˌhæːr)

Medieval manuscript image of a large hairy fish body with a snarling human head.
Nereid in Liber de natura rerum; France (Abbaye de Saint-Amand), 13th century; Bibliothèque Municipale de Valenciennes, MS 320, f. 117r. [bestiary.ca]

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