Participles
| Present | ġetellende |
| Past | ġeteald |
Indicative
Present
| 1st sing. | ġetelle |
| 2nd sing. | ġetelest |
| 3rd sing. | ġeteleþ |
| 1st plur. | ġetellaþ |
| 2nd plur. | ġetellaþ |
| 3rd plur. | ġetellaþ |
Past
| 1st sing. | ġetealde |
| 2nd sing. | ġetealdest |
| 3rd sing. | ġetealde |
| 1st plur. | ġetealdon |
| 2nd plur. | ġetealdon |
| 3rd plur. | ġetealdon |
Subjunctive
Present
| 1st sing. | ġetelle |
| 2nd sing. | ġetelle |
| 3rd sing. | ġetelle |
| 1st plur. | ġetellen |
| 2nd plur. | ġetellen |
| 3rd plur. | ġetellen |
Past
| 1st sing. | ġetealde |
| 2nd sing. | ġetealde |
| 3rd sing. | ġetealde |
| 1st plur. | ġetealden |
| 2nd plur. | ġetealden |
| 3rd plur. | ġetealden |
Imperative
| Singular | ġetele |
| Plural | ġetellaþ |
Verbs conjugated like 'getellan'
getellan,
Verbs similar to 'getellan'
betellan,
gesellan,
getillan,
astellan,
besellan,
beteldan,
betyllan,
gefeallan,
gefelan,
gefyllan,
Etymology
From ġe- + tellan. Cognate with Old Saxon gitellian, Old High German gizellen.
Sample Sentences
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c. 994, Ælfric, On the Year
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On ðām ġēare synd ġetēalde twelf mōnðas, twā ⁊ fīftiġ wucena, þreo hund daga ⁊ fif ⁊ syxtiġ daga, ⁊ þǣrtōēacan syx tīda, þā maciað æfre ymbe fēorðe ġēar þone dæġ ⁊ ðā niht þe wē hātað bissextum. (Assigned to each year are twelve months, fifty-two weeks, three hundred and sixty-five days, and an additional six hours, for which reason there is a day and night about every fourth year that we call intercalary.)
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c. 994, Ælfric, The Seasons of the Year (To us a day means from sunrise to sunset, but in books, one day is considered to last from when the sun rises to when it returns to where it started from. In that interval there are considered to be 24 hours.)
Cognates
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