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domiduca

domiduca [cf. CL Juppiter domiducus] , one who brings a bride to her husband’s home. b bride. ~a, quae ducit in domum GlH D 787; Juno ‥ quae etiam ~a dicebatur quia in domum puellas viratas introducere videbatur Osb. Glouc. Deriv. 161; Juno ‥ dicitur domoduca, quod ad domos maritorum eas [nubentes puellas] adducat Alb. Lond. DG 4. 3.  b ~a, a bryde WW.

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