fȳr-wylm

fȳr-wylm, m.n: a fire-boiling, raging flame. (FUHR-WULM / ˈfɝːɹ-ˌwɝlm)

Image from 12th-century Madrid Skylitzes manuscript, showing Romans using Greek fire against their enemies. Codex Skylitzes Matritensis, Bibliteca Nacional de Madrid, Vitr. 26-2, Bild-Nr. 77, f 34 v. b. From Wikimedia Commons.

fȳst-gebēat

fȳst-gebēat, n.n: a blow with the fist. (FUST-yeh-BAY-aht / ˈfɝːst-jɛ-ˌbeːat)

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I found this image on Medievalists.net along with a paper discussing whether the art of boxing vanished during the Middle Ages. It’s surprisingly difficult to find medieval images of unarmed people fighting with their hands only. This one (Codex Wallerstein) is from the late Middle Ages, c. 1470.