| 释义 |
† ˈtytyfer Obs.
Also 6 tedyffre.
[Origin obscure: perh. akin to tidife.]
The name of some small bird.
c1500Parl. Byrdes 193 in Hazl. E.P.P. III. 177 The Tytyffer. I say, sayd the Tytyfer, we kentysshe men [Lansdowne MS., Syth, quod the Tedyffre with the Norfolk men], We may not geue the Crow a penne. |