fealcen

fealcen, m.n: falcon. (FEH-all-kun / ˈfɛal-kən)

Medieval manuscript image of a falcon perched on the steeple of a church.
Falcon of Kildare in Gerald of Wales’s Topographia Hibernica; England (Lincoln?), c. 1196-1223; British Library, Royal MS 13 B VIII, f. 22r. [bestiary.ca]

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