tittle
suomi-englanti sanakirjatittle englannista suomeksi
hippunen
tittle englanniksi
Any small dot, stroke, or diacritical mark, especially if part of a letter, or of a letter-like abbreviation; in particular, the dots over the Latin letters (m) and (m).
1590, Bales, ''The Arte of Brachygraphie'' (quoted in Daid King's 2001 'The Ciphers of the Monks'):
- The foure pricks or tittles are these. The first is a full prick or period. The second is a comma or crooked tittle.
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1987, Andrea van Arkel-De Leeuw van Weenen, ''Möðruvallabók, AM 132 Fol: Index and concordance'', page xii:
- (''the page calls both "a superscript sign (hooklike)" and also a diacritical abbreviation of "Norse|er" (:erIcelandic) "tittles"'')
A small, insignificant amount (of something); a modicum or speck.
To chatter.