tellan
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Czech
Etymology
Borrowed from English tellane.
Noun
tellan m inan
- tellane, tellurane, hydrogen telluride (H2Te)
- Synonym: telurovodík
Declension
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Further reading
- Chemické názvosloví apparently by Zdeněk Mička, natur.cuni.cz
Galician
Verb
tellan
Old English
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”).
Pronunciation
Verb
tellan
- to count, calculate
- Tealdest þū eall þā sċēap be handa?
- Did you count all the sheep by hand?
- Nese, iċ hīe tealde mid mīnum hēafde.
- No, I counted them with my head.
- 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.
- Hwæt lā! Þonne næs būtan ān sċēap tō tellanne.
- So then there was only one sheep to be counted!
- to tell, narrate, recount
- to regard, consider
- c. 990, Wessex Gospels, John 15:15
- Ne telle iċ ēow tō þēowum. Iċ telle ēow tō frēondum.
- I don't consider you servants. I consider you friends.
- c. 990, Wessex Gospels, John 15:15
- to attribute
- late 10th century, Ælfric, "Saint Agnes, Virgin"
- 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,...
- late 10th century, Ælfric, "Saint Agnes, Virgin"
Conjugation
Conjugation of tellan (weak class 1)
| infinitive | tellan | tellenne |
|---|---|---|
| indicative mood | present tense | past tense |
| first person singular | telle | tealde |
| second person singular | telest | tealdest |
| third person singular | teleþ | tealde |
| plural | tellaþ | tealdon |
| subjunctive | present tense | past tense |
| singular | telle | tealde |
| plural | tellen | tealden |
| imperative | ||
| singular | tele | |
| plural | tellaþ | |
| participle | present | past |
| tellende | (ġe)teald | |