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.
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,...

Conjugation of tellan (weak class 1)

Middle English: tellen
- English: tell
- Scots: tell
- Yola: tolth, told (preterite)

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