telja

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Faroese

Etymology

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

Verb

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

  1. to count
  2. to tell

Conjugation

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

Synonyms

See also


Icelandic

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Verb

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

  1. (transitive, intransitive, governs the accusative) to count
    Hún kann að telja upp að tíu á japönsku.
    She can count to ten in Japanese.
  2. (transitive, intransitive, governs the accusative) to believe, thinkTemplate:jump

Conjugation

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

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

Alternative forms

Verb

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

  1. to count

Etymology 2

May be comparable with Icelandic tölva and Faroese telda.

Noun

telja

  1. computer (only Høgnorsk)

References


Old Norse

Etymology

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

Verb

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

Descendants

  • Danish: tælle
  • Icelandic: telja
  • Faroese: telja

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References

  • telja”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press