Participles
| Present | tellende |
| Past | (ġe)teald |
Indicative
Present
| 1st sing. | telle |
| 2nd sing. | telest |
| 3rd sing. | teleþ |
| 1st plur. | tellaþ |
| 2nd plur. | tellaþ |
| 3rd plur. | tellaþ |
Past
| 1st sing. | tealde |
| 2nd sing. | tealdest |
| 3rd sing. | tealde |
| 1st plur. | tealdon |
| 2nd plur. | tealdon |
| 3rd plur. | tealdon |
Subjunctive
Present
| 1st sing. | telle |
| 2nd sing. | telle |
| 3rd sing. | telle |
| 1st plur. | tellen |
| 2nd plur. | tellen |
| 3rd plur. | tellen |
Past
| 1st sing. | tealde |
| 2nd sing. | tealde |
| 3rd sing. | tealde |
| 1st plur. | tealden |
| 2nd plur. | tealden |
| 3rd plur. | tealden |
Imperative
| Singular | tele |
| Plural | tellaþ |
Verbs similar to 'tellan'
bellan,
fellan,
sellan,
stellan,
asellan,
astellan,
belean,
belgan,
betellan,
celan,
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *talljan, from Proto-Germanic *taljaną, whence also Old Frisian tella, Old Saxon tellian, Old Dutch tellen, Old High German zellen, Old Norse telja. Related to Old English talu (“tale, account”). See: Proto-Germanic '
*taljaną', Old Saxon '
tellian'.
Verbs referencing "tellan"
English
tell, Middle English
tellen.
Sample Sentences
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Tealdest þū eall þā sċēap be handa? (Did you count all the sheep by hand?)
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Nese, iċ hīe tealde mid mīnum hēafde. (No, I counted them with my head.)
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Ac mid þām handum man mæġ tellan hūru oþ tīen, mid þām hēafde oþ ān. (But with your hands you can count at least to ten, with your head only to one.)
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Hwæt lā! Þonne næs būtan ān sċēap tō tellanne. (So then there was only one sheep to be counted!)
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c. 990, Wessex Gospels, John 15:15 (I don't consider you servants. I consider you friends.)
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late 10th century, Ælfric, "Saint Agnes, Virgin"
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Þæt fyr wearð þa acwenced þæt þær an col ne gleow and þæt folc tealde þæt to drycræfte... (Then the fire became quenched, so that not one coal glowed there, and the people attributed it to witchcraft,...)
Cognates
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