a-cwencan

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a-cwencan, wk.v: to quench, extinguish, put out. (ah-KWENCH-on / a-ˈkwɛn-tʃan)

Medieval manuscript illustration of a monk gesturing towards the flames emerging from a building; two men carry large vessels and look at the fire.
Cuthbert extinguishing a fire set by a demon in Bede’s Prose Life of St Cuthbert; England (Durham), late 12th century; British Library, Yates Thompson MS 26, f. 30r. [picryl.com]

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