slītan

slītan, str.v: to bite, tear, rend. (SLEE-tahn / ˈsliː-tan)

A toothy creature bites into a column forming the letter V in a medieval manuscript.
Bilingual Psalter in Old English and Latin; England, late 10th or early 11th century; Cambridge University Library, MS Ff.1.23, f. 240r. [cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk]

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