telt

English

Etymology

From Middle English telt, dialectal first and third person singular past indicative of Middle English tellen, equivalent to tell +‎ -t.

Pronunciation

• (Northumbria) IPA^(key): /tɛlt/
• Rhymes: -ɛlt

Verb

telt

1. (Scotland, Northern England) simple past and past participle of tell

   Get him telt he's tae come hame noo

   you'll dae as yer mam's telt ya

Synonyms

• told

Anagrams

• ETTL, Lett, lett

Danish

Etymology

From Middle Low German telt, from Proto-Germanic *teldą. Cognate with German Zelt and Old Norse tjald (“tent”) (whence Norwegian Bokmål tjeld, Swedish tjäll, and Danish tjæld). English tilt and Swedish tält were also borrowed from Low German.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈtˢɛlˀd̥]

Noun

telt n (singular definite teltet, plural indefinite telte)

1. a tent

Inflection

Declension of telt

neuter gender	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	telt	teltet	telte	teltene
genitive	telts	teltets	teltes	teltenes

References

• “telt” in Den Danske Ordbog

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɛlt

Verb

telt

1. inflection of tellen:
   1. second/third-person singular present indicative
   2. (archaic) plural imperative