Gebregd-stafas

According to the Old English Dictionary:

gebregd-stafas

pl. m. [gebregd craft, cunning; stafas, pl. of stæf a letter] Literary arts; artes litĕrārum :-- Ic íglanda eallra hæbbe bóca onbýrged þurh gebregdstafas I have tasted the books of all islands through literary arts, Salm. Kmbl. 4; Sal. 2. gebregd-stafas