Middle English Dictionary Entry
tū̆tel n.
Entry Info
| Forms | tū̆tel n. Also tutele, totel. |
| Etymology | ?OE *tū̆tel, *tȳ̆tel; cp. OFris. tūte mouth & ME tǒut(e n., tǒuten v.(1). |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
The mouth; also in fig. context; also, the devil's mouth.
Associated quotations
- c1230(?a1200) Ancr.(Corp-C 402)40/13 : Þe feond of helle mid his ferd wend þurh ut te tutel [Pep: ȝate] þe is eauer open in to þe heorte.
- c1230(?a1200) Ancr.(Corp-C 402)43/12 : For þi as ȝe wulleð halden inwið ow hope..wið muð itunet cheoweð hi re inwið ower heorte; ne blawe ȝe hire nawt ut wið mea ðelinde muðes, wið ȝeoniende tuteles [Cleo: tutele].
- c1230(?a1200) Ancr.(Corp-C 402)110/15 : Þe slawe lið & slepeð o þe deofles bearm as his deore deorling & te deouel leið his tutel [Pep: totel] dun to his eare & tuteleð him al þet he wule.