eft-ongēn-bīgan

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eft-ongēn-bīgan, wk.v: to untwist again, to unwreathe. (EFT-on-yain-BEE-gahn / ˈɛft-ɔn-jeːn-ˌbiː-gan)

Medieval manuscript image of a green snake coiling its way up a margin beside and through an initial decorated with curving lines and dots.
Livre des propriétés des choses; France (Toulouse), c. 1350; Bibliothèque Sainte-Geneviève, Ms. 1029, f. 236v. [arca.irht.cnrs.fr]

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