Cruft

Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - cruft

According to the Old English Dictionary:

cruft
Substitute for examples:--Cruftas (e written over the a: cf. cruftan (es written over the an), Hpt. Gl. 454, 62) crypte, An. Ox. 2046. Cruftan (so Hpt. Gl. 485, 3) (in) crypta, 3350. Crufte, 4907 (so Hpt. Gl. 518, 77). Crufte (scrufte, An. Ox. 4889) (ad) spelaeum, antrum, Hpt. Gl. 518, 47. [O. H. Ger. chruft crypta, spelunca. From Latin.] cruft
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