Croc-wyrhta

Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - croc-wyrhta

According to the Old English Dictionary:

crocc-wyrhta, -wirhta, an;

croc-wyrhta
m. A crockworker, potter; vas figuli">vel luti figulus">figulus, luti vas figuli">vel luti figulus">figulus :-- Crocwyrhta vas figuli">vel luti figulus">figulus vel luti vas figuli">vel luti figulus">figulus, Ælfc. Gr. 28, 5; Som. 31, 62. Ic gedó dæt ðú hí miht swá eáðe abrecan, swá se croccwyrhta mæg ǽnne croccan tamquam vas figuli confringes eos, Ps. Th. 2, 9. Fæt crocwirhtan vel tygelwirhtan vas figuli, Ps. Lamb. 2, 9. croc-wyrhta
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