A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. X).
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Tittillar, Titlar, Tutillar, Tut(u)lar, Tutelar, n. [ME tituler (1399), titeler (15th c.), titler (1463).] A gossip, backbiter. —(a) a1500 Henr. Hasty Credence 1.
Fals titlaris [M. tutlaris] now growis vp full rank a1500 Henr. Hasty Credence 21.
The tittillaris [M. tutelar] so in his heir can roun The innocent may get no awdience a1500 Colk. Sow i 61.
A tuttivillus a tutlar And a fanȝeit flatterar —(b) c1460 Regim. Princ. 101 (Fairf.).
It is degradyng till a kyngis croun To mell hym with smale wrechit besynes Na with na tutularis [Maitl. tutillar] for to rouk na roun
