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Nunquam tutel suæ fiunt: They never come to their owne tuition.
Of the Institution and Education of Children. To the Ladie Diana of Foix, Countesse of Gurson. 1909
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· ⁊ te deouel leið his tutel dun to his eare · ⁊ tuteleð him al þ̵ he wule. for swa hit is sikerliche to hwa {m} se is idel of god {;} meaðeleð þe feond ȝeorne · ⁊ te idele underueð luueliche his lare.
Selections from early Middle English, 1130-1250 Part I: Texts Joseph Hall
reesetee commented on the word tutel
Obsolete, from OED: "The mouth with the lips protruded in the act of whispering."
February 11, 2007