wæter-sēaþ

wæter-sēaþ, m.n: a well, reservoir. (WAT-er-SAY-ath / ˈwæ-tɛr-ˌseːaθ)

Medieval manuscript illustration of a well with a bucket hanging from a pulley; a woman gives a man a drinking vessel and a horse drinks from a trough.
Speculum humane salvationis; Austria, 1432; Biblioteca Nacional de España (Madrid), ms. B.N.Vit 25-7, p. 37. [bnedigital.bne.es]

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