Difference between revisions of "Toft Taft"
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* ''Late Old English'' '''toft''': homestead or housesite. Used in the phrase, "toft and croft". | * ''Late Old English'' '''toft''': homestead or housesite. Used in the phrase, "toft and croft". | ||
| − | * A hillock or prominence suitable for a tower. (Cf. [[Howth Head]]) | + | * A hillock or prominence suitable for a tower. (Cf. [[Howth Castle and Environs | Howth Head]]) |
* Echo of '''tauftauf''' ([[Page 3]]) | * Echo of '''tauftauf''' ([[Page 3]]) | ||
Latest revision as of 09:37, 26 July 2006
- Late Old English toft: homestead or housesite. Used in the phrase, "toft and croft".
- A hillock or prominence suitable for a tower. (Cf. Howth Head)
- Echo of tauftauf (Page 3)
- Tauftauf: from German taufen: to baptise
- The full phrase, "Miss Mishy Mushy is tiptupt by Toft Taft" is an instance of the formula "me me to thou thou" occuring throughout the book. (Cf. Tauftauf or Mishe mishe)
