dēaþ-wyrda

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dēaþ-wyrda, pl.f.n: death-events, fates. (DAY-ath-WUER-da / ˈdeːaθ-ˌwyr-da)

Medieval manuscript image of a crowned, haloed woman looking down at a man in pilgrim’s garb lying dead on a bed; a black-cloaked figure bearing a scythe in one hand and a ring in the other sits on the end of the bed.
Le Pèlerinage de la vie humaine (Pilgrimage of the human life); France, 14th century; Bodleian Library, MS. Douce 300, f. 121v. [digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk]

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