Bóc-stæf

According to the Old English Dictionary:

bóc-stæf

Add: -- Bócstæf hoc gramma, An. Ox. 18 b, 45. Ne cúþe hé nǽnige bócstafas (nequaquam litteras noverat), ac swáþeáh hé gebohte him sylfum þá béc þæs hálgan gewrites, and bæd ꝥ man rǽdde þá béc beforan him. Gr. D. 281, 22. [N. E. D. hoc-staff. O. Sax. bók-staf : O. H. Ger. buoh-stab littera, character: Icel. bók-stafr.] boc-stæf