† tytyfern.
Obsolete.
The name of some small bird.
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c1565 Parl. Byrdes (new ed.) sig. B.i The Tytyffer. I say sayd the Tytyfer [c1520 tydyffre] we kentysshe men, We may not geue the Crow a penne.
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