a-sēon

a-sēon, str.v: to look at or upon, set eyes on (something). (ah-SAY-on / a-ˈseːɔn)

Medieval manuscript image of a grey cat curiously gazing down its nose, giving it a cross-eyed appearance.
Peterborough Bestiary; England (Peterborough), c. 1300-1310; Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, MS 53, f. 197v. [parker.stanford.edu]

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