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telja

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Faroese

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Etymology

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From Old Norse telja, from Proto-Germanic *taljaną.

Verb

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telja (third person singular past indicative taldi, third person plural past indicative talt, supine talt)

  1. to count
  2. to tell

Conjugation

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Conjugation of telja (group v-18)
infinitive telja
supine talt
present past
first singular telji taldi
second singular telur taldi
third singular telur taldi
plural telja taldu
participle (a7)1 teljandi taldur
imperative
singular tel!
plural teljið!

1Only the past participle being declined.

Synonyms

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See also

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Icelandic

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Etymology

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From Old Norse telja, from Proto-Germanic *taljaną.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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telja (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative taldi, supine talið)

  1. to count [intransitive or with accusative]
    Hún kann að telja upp að tíu á japönsku.
    She can count to ten in Japanese.
  2. to believe, think [intransitive or with accusative]
    Synonyms: halda, hyggja

Conjugation

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talinn — past participle (lýsingarháttur þátíðar)
strong declension
(sterk beyging)
singular (eintala) plural (fleirtala)
masculine
(karlkyn)
feminine
(kvenkyn)
neuter
(hvorugkyn)
masculine
(karlkyn)
feminine
(kvenkyn)
neuter
(hvorugkyn)
nominative
(nefnifall)
talinn talin talið taldir taldar talin
accusative
(þolfall)
talinn talda talið talda taldar talin
dative
(þágufall)
töldum talinni töldu töldum töldum töldum
genitive
(eignarfall)
talins talinnar talins talinna talinna talinna
weak declension
(veik beyging)
singular (eintala) plural (fleirtala)
masculine
(karlkyn)
feminine
(kvenkyn)
neuter
(hvorugkyn)
masculine
(karlkyn)
feminine
(kvenkyn)
neuter
(hvorugkyn)
nominative
(nefnifall)
taldi talda talda töldu töldu töldu
accusative
(þolfall)
talda töldu talda töldu töldu töldu
dative
(þágufall)
talda töldu talda töldu töldu töldu
genitive
(eignarfall)
talda töldu talda töldu töldu töldu

Derived terms

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology 1

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From Old Norse telja, from Proto-Germanic *taljaną.

Alternative forms

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Verb

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telja (present tense tel, past tense talde, past participle talt, passive infinitive teljast, present participle teljande, imperative tel)

  1. to count

Etymology 2

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May be comparable with Icelandic tölva and Faroese telda.

Noun

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telja

  1. (High Norwegian) computer

References

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Old Norse

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Etymology

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From Proto-Germanic *taljaną (to count, tell). Cognate with Old English tellan, Old Frisian tella, Old Saxon tellian, Old High German zellen.

Verb

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telja (singular past indicative taldi, plural past indicative tǫldu, past participle taldr or taliðr)

  1. to count, number
  2. to tell, say
  3. to reckon, consider

Conjugation

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Conjugation of telja — active (weak class 1)
infinitive telja
present participle teljandi
past participle taldr, taliðr
indicative subjunctive
present past present past
1st person singular tel talda telja telda
2nd person singular telr taldir telir teldir
3rd person singular telr taldi teli teldi
1st person plural teljum tǫldum telim teldim
2nd person plural telið tǫlduð telið teldið
3rd person plural telja tǫldu teli teldi
imperative present
2nd person singular tel
1st person plural teljum
2nd person plural telið
Conjugation of telja — mediopassive (weak class 1)
infinitive teljask
present participle teljandisk
past participle talzk, talizk
indicative subjunctive
present past present past
1st person singular teljumk tǫldumk teljumk teldumk
2nd person singular telsk taldisk telisk teldisk
3rd person singular telsk taldisk telisk teldisk
1st person plural teljumsk tǫldumsk telimsk teldimsk
2nd person plural telizk tǫlduzk telizk teldizk
3rd person plural teljask tǫldusk telisk teldisk
imperative present
2nd person singular telsk
1st person plural teljumsk
2nd person plural telizk

Descendants

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  • Icelandic: telja
  • Faroese: telja
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: telja
  • Old Swedish: tælia
  • Danish: tælle

Further reading

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  • Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “telja”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive