topetillus

topetillus [OF topet; cf. ME top, CL turbo], spinning top. trocus ‥ aliter hic ~us [v. l. torpetillus] dicitur ab ‥ ‘toper’ ‥ quia cito se volvit Osb. Glouc. Deriv. 582; trochus et torpillus, A. a top WW.

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