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English
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Old English ġeteld (“tent, tabernacle”). Compare teld, tilt.
Pronunciation
IPA: /je'teld/, [jeˈteɫd]
Noun
geteld (plural geteld or getelds)
- (chiefly in the SCA) A tent, of a style historically used by the Anglo-Saxons, which resembles a shelter-half or pup tent.
- 2000 July 8, Tanya Guptill, “Suggestions For a Tent”, in rec.org.sca (Usenet):
- Many tents (rounds, getelds) can be put up by one person, if there is some planning done ahead of time about staking ropes, staking floor, ...
- 2001 January 9, David Friedman, “tent/pavilion question”, in rec.org.sca (Usenet):
- The geteld our kids use has stood up fine through two or three Pennsics. It requires substantially less wood than a Viking tent, and I think it's a good deal easier to build than a bell, although since I've never built a bell I could easily be wrong.
- 2001 April 15, D. Peters, “Nylon tent into Medieval pavilion?”, in rec.org.sca (Usenet):
- For the would-be tentmaker on a budget, a "pup-tent" style tent (rectangular sides, triangular ends--the Viking tent and the Saxon geteld are two examples of this style, although their frameworks are dissimilar) is the cheapest and easiest to make.
- 2002 August 27, David Friedman, “Help with geteld”, in rec.org.sca (Usenet):
- Dov and Thora, who camp next to us at Pennsic, have Getelds that look noticeably taller than ours. We don't waterproof our canvas--just use canvas ...
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Dutch
Pronunciation
Participle
geteld
- past participle of tellen
Declension
Anagrams
Old English
Alternative forms
- ieteld — Kentish
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *gateld, equivalent to ġe- + teld. Cognate with Old Dutch gitelt, Old High German gizelt.
Pronunciation
Noun
ġeteld n
Inflection
Strong a-stem:
Descendants
- → English: geteld
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