un-dōn

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un-dōn, v: to undo that which is closed, to open; to undo that which is bound, to release; to undo what has been done, to abrogate, destroy. (un-DOAN / ʌn-ˈdoːn)

Medieval manuscript image of Christ freeing the souls of the dead from hell, which is depicted as a beast’s gaping jaws; Christ pins a devil to the ground with a staff topped with a cross.
Psalter; England (Oxford), early 13th century; British Library, Arundel 157, f. 110r. [bl.uk]