Leád-gota

According to the Old English Dictionary:

an;

leád-gota

m. A lead-founder :-- Gif hé smeáwyrhtan hæfð . . . Mylewerde, sútere, leádgotan (leód-, MS.) and óðran wyrhtan ǽlc weorc sylf wísað hwæt him tó gebyreð, Angl. ix. 263, 18. lead-gota