English edit

 
A geteld, with one long side open, showing the π-shape of the wooden frame and the Ā-shape of the overall tent.

Etymology edit

Learned borrowing from Old English ġeteld (tent, tabernacle). Compare teld, tilt.

Pronunciation edit

  This entry needs pronunciation information. If you are familiar with the IPA or enPR then please add some!

Noun edit

geteld (plural getelds)

  1. (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 ...

Dutch edit

Pronunciation edit

  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛlt

Participle edit

geteld

  1. past participle of tellen

Declension edit

Inflection of geteld
uninflected geteld
inflected getelde
positive
predicative/adverbial geteld
indefinite m./f. sing. getelde
n. sing. geteld
plural getelde
definite getelde
partitive getelds

Anagrams edit

Old English edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-West Germanic *gateld, equivalent to ġe- +‎ teld. Cognate with Old Dutch gitelt, Old High German gizelt.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /jeˈteld/, [jeˈteɫd]

Noun edit

ġeteld n

  1. tent, pavilion; awning

Inflection edit

Descendants edit

  • English: geteld