teld
English
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ɛld
Etymology 1
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle English, from Old English teld (“tent, pavilion, tabernacle”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Germanic *teldą (“tent”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European *delt- (“board”). Cognate with Middle Dutch telde, telt (“tent”), German Zelt (“tent”), Swedish tält (“tent”), Icelandic tjald (“tent”). See also tilt. Compare geteld.
Noun
teld (plural telds)
Etymology 2
From Middle English telden (“to set up a tent”), from teld (“tent”). See above.
Verb
teld (third-person singular simple present telds, present participle telding, simple past and past participle telded)
- (transitive, obsolete) To lodge in a tent.
- (transitive, obsolete) To set up (a tent); pitch a tent; (in general) to set up.
Related terms
Etymology 3
Verb
teld
- (West Country, Yorkshire, Devon) simple past and past participle of tell
- I teld you what happened.
Anagrams
Old English
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *teldą. Akin to Old High German zelt.
Pronunciation
Noun
teld n
Declension
Declension of teld (strong a-stem)
Derived terms
Descendants
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