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| + | '''Bold text'''* ''Late Old English'' '''toft''': homestead or housesite. Used in the phrase, "toft and croft". Also '''toft''', a hillock or prominence suitable for a tower. (Cf. [[Howth Castle and Environs | Howth Head]]) | ||
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* ''German'' '''taufen:''' to baptise | * ''German'' '''taufen:''' to baptise | ||
* The fuller phrase, "tofftoff for thee, missymissy for me" is a reversal of the formula "me me to thou thou" sense throughout the book. (Cf. [[Tauftauf]] or [[Mishe mishe]]) | * The fuller phrase, "tofftoff for thee, missymissy for me" is a reversal of the formula "me me to thou thou" sense throughout the book. (Cf. [[Tauftauf]] or [[Mishe mishe]]) | ||
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| + | *'''doff''' your hat in acknowledgement or deference | ||
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[[Category: Tauftauf]] | [[Category: Tauftauf]] | ||
Latest revision as of 06:00, 8 August 2019
Bold text* Late Old English toft: homestead or housesite. Used in the phrase, "toft and croft". Also toft, a hillock or prominence suitable for a tower. (Cf. Howth Head)
- German taufen: to baptise
- The fuller phrase, "tofftoff for thee, missymissy for me" is a reversal of the formula "me me to thou thou" sense throughout the book. (Cf. Tauftauf or Mishe mishe)
- doff your hat in acknowledgement or deference
