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cǽg-bora
/dʒbora /*
Morphological Analysis
Wordclass: Noun
Gender: Masculine
Related §§ in Wright's OE Grammar:
cǽg-bora
, an; m. A key-bearer; claviger, Ælfc. Gr. 8; Som. 7, 19.
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Possibly connected entries from the Supplement:

cǽg-bora
. Add: one who has charge of the keys of a jail, jailor :-- 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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