Middle English Dictionary Entry
totir n.
Entry Info
| Forms | totir n. Also totire, totur, totour, tottir, (error) toþir; pl. totres, totros. |
| Etymology | From toteren v.(1). |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
A springboard; a seesaw, teeter-totter; also, a swing; mirie ~.
Associated quotations
- c1350 Cmb.Ee.4.20.Nominale (Cmb Ee.4.20)222 : Et luy fole vngle en brandele: And the fol houyth in the totur.
- (a1387) Trev.Higd.(StJ-C H.1)2.387 : Whan men [fel] of þe totres and were i-herte sore..images i-liche to þe bodies schulde be sette in þe totros.
- a1425 *Medulla (Stnh A.1.10)49b/a : Petaurus: quidam ludus, a totur.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)498 : Totyr, or myry totyr [Add: toþir], chylderys game: Oscillum.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)518 : Wawyn, or waueryn, yn a myry totyr: Oscillo.
- 1468 *Medulla (StJ-C C.22)75a/b : Osillum: genus ludi, a totyre [Hrl 2270: totour].
- ?c1475 *Cath.Angl.(Add 15562)79b : A merytottyr: ocillum, petaurus.
- ?c1475 *Cath.Angl.(Add 15562)129a : A Totyr: petaurus, ubi merytotir.