C. T. Suddeth

Lēoþ-wyrhta – Anglo Saxon word for poet is a marvelous term, related to laud-worker

lēoþ-wyrhta, m.n: poet. (LAY-oth-WUER’H-ta / ˈleːɔθ-ˌwyrx-ta)

lēoþ = song, poem

wyrhta = worker, artist, maker, creator

lēoþ is cognate with Latin laudatory

From Riddle 25 of the Exeter Book:

Ic eom wunderlicu wiht wifum on hyhte
neahbuendum nyt; nægum sceþþe
burgsittendra nymthe bonan anum

I am a wondrous creature for women in expectation,
a service for neighbours. I harm none of the citizens
except my slayer alone. (this book from hometown of my 8th great grandmother, Marie Southewoode)