fægrian

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fægrian, wk.v: to make (something) beautiful, beautify, adorn (something); to become beautiful. (FAE-gri-ahn / ˈfæ-grɪ-an)

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Medieval manuscript illustration in the midst of Old English and Latin writing showing an arc of red, blue, purple and red, below which is a group of people, a man on his knees labelled Noe and a haloed man gesturing with two fingers outstretched.
Old English Hexateuch; England (Canterbury), 11th/12th century; British Library, Cotton MS Claudius B IV, f. 16v. [imagesonline.bl.uk]

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