swān-gerēfa

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swān-gerēfa, m.n: an officer whose manages forests for the pasturing of swine and the use of wood. (SWAHN-yeh-RAY-vah / ˈswaːn-jɛ-ˌreː-va)

Medieval manuscript illustration of a man striking a tree to make the nuts fall to the ground where three pigs are eating them.
Breviary; France (Metz), 1302/1303; British Library, Yates Thompson 8, f. 6r. [mdpi.com]

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