Forþ-snoter

Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - forþ-snoter

According to the Old English Dictionary:

-snotter;

forþ-snoter
adj. [snoter wise] Very wise; săpientissimus :-- Elene héht gefetian on fultum forþsnoterne Elene bade to fetch to her aid the very wise [man], Elen. Kmbl. 2104; El. 1053. Forþsnotterne, 2320; El. 1161. Fundon fífhund forþsnotterra they found five hundred very wise [men], 758; El. 379. forþ-snoter
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