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cǽg-bora

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§596;
Add: one who has charge of the keys of a jail, jailor
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  • Cǽgbora

    clavicularius.

      Wrt. Voc. i. 288, 45: ii. 17, 11.
  • Sc̃s Heremus wæs cǽgbora in Róme,

      Shrn. 121, 23.
  • [Cf. N. E. D. key-bearer.] Cf. cǽg-hirde.
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