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† ˈtotilde, ? n. (? a.) Obs.
[f. ME. tot-en, toot v.1, to peep out, pry, + (perh.) -ild, fem. suffix, as in beggild, begenild, cheapild, fostrild, etc.]
? A peeping, peering, or prying woman.
a1225Ancr. R. 102 Hweðer eni totilde [so also Corpus] ancre uondede euer þis, þet bekeð [C. breakeð] euer utward ase untowe brid ine cage?
[But the attrib. or adj. use, and the final -e, suggest that totilde here is perh. a scribal error for totinde, pr. pple. of toten, toot v.1: cf totinde ancres, ibid. 50 and 100.] |