tälja

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See also: Talja and talja

Swedish

Etymology 1

From Old Swedish tælghia, from Old Norse telgja, Proto-Norse ᛏᚨᛚᚷᛁᛞᚨᛁ (talgidai) (third-person past singular), Proto-Germanic *talgijaną.

Verb

tälja (present täljer, preterite täljde, supine täljt, imperative tälj)

  1. to carve (in wood)
Conjugation
Conjugation of tälja (weak)
Active Passive
Infinitive tälja täljas
Supine täljt täljts
Imperative tälj —
Imper. plural1 täljen —
Present Past Present Past
Indicative täljer täljde täljs, täljes täljdes
Ind. plural1 tälja täljde täljas täljdes
Subjunctive2 tälje täljde täljes täljdes
Participles
Present participle täljande
Past participle täljd
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.
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Etymology 2

From Old Swedish tælia, from Old Norse telja, from Proto-Germanic *taljaną, from Proto-Indo-European *dol-, *del-.

Verb

tälja (present täljer, preterite täljde or talde, supine täljt or talt, imperative tälj)

  1. (archaic) to tell, to recount, to count
    • 1915, Dan Andersson, Kolvaktarens Visor, Tjuvskytten
      […] satt med mig på dikeskanten,
      täljde lugnt sin levnads sägner,
      rökte, talade och sade: […]
      sat with me on the side of the road,
      calmly recounted the stories of his life,
      smoked, spoke and said:
Conjugation
Conjugation of tälja (weak)
Active Passive
Infinitive tälja täljas
Supine täljt täljts
Imperative tälj —
Imper. plural1 täljen —
Present Past Present Past
Indicative täljer täljde täljs, täljes täljdes
Ind. plural1 tälja täljde täljas täljdes
Subjunctive2 tälje täljde täljes täljdes
Participles
Present participle täljande
Past participle täljd
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.
Conjugation of tälja (weak)
Active Passive
Infinitive tälja täljas
Supine talt talts
Imperative tälj —
Imper. plural1 täljen —
Present Past Present Past
Indicative täljer talde täljs, täljes taldes
Ind. plural1 tälja talde täljas taldes
Subjunctive2 tälje talde täljes taldes
Participles
Present participle täljande
Past participle tald
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.
Derived terms
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