hrōf-wyrhta

hrōf-wyrhta, m.n: a worker who works at roofs, a builder. (HROAF-WUER’H-ta / ˈhroːf-ˌwyrx-ta)

Medieval manuscript illustration of two people on tall ladders working on the roof of a church, one of whom is wearing monastic garb; some roof tiles are falling to the ground.
Rothschild Canticles; Flanders, c. 1300; Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library, MS 404, f. 121v. [collections.library.yale.edu]

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