self-ǣta

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self-ǣta, m.n: ‘self-eater’, an eater of those belonging to its own species, (applied to humans) a cannibal, anthropophagus. (SELF-AT-ah / ˈsɛlf-ˌæː-ta)

Medieval manuscript image of a naked anthropomorphic figure chewing on a human foot still attached to a leg, their free arm looped through another leg, their hand grasping the hair of a human head.
Anthropophagus; Flanders, 13th century; Getty Museum, Ms. Ludwig XV 4, f. 117r. [getty.edu]

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