getellan

Old English

Etymology

From ġe- +‎ tellan. Cognate with Old Saxon gitellian, Old High German gizellen.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jeˈtel.lɑn/, [jeˈteɫ.ɫɑn]

Verb

ġetellan

1. to tell, number, count, enumerate, reckon, assign
2. to esteem, consider, estimate
   • c. 994, Ælfric, The Seasons of the Year:

     Wē hātaþ ānne dæġ fram sunnan upgange oþ ǣfen, ac swā þēah is on bōcum ġeteald tō ānum dæġe fram þǣre sunnan upgange oþ þæt hēo eft becume þǣr hēo ǣr upp stāg. On þām fæce sind ġetealda fēower and twentiġ tīda.

     To us a day means from sunrise to sunset, but in books, one day is considered to last from when the sun rises to when it returns to where it started from. In that interval there are considered to be 24 hours.

Conjugation

Conjugation of ġetellan (weak class 1)

infinitive	ġetellan	ġetellenne
indicative mood	present tense	past tense
first person singular	ġetelle	ġetealde
second person singular	ġetelest	ġetealdest
third person singular	ġeteleþ	ġetealde
plural	ġetellaþ	ġetealdon
subjunctive	present tense	past tense
singular	ġetelle	ġetealde
plural	ġetellen	ġetealden
imperative
singular	ġetele
plural	ġetellaþ
participle	present	past
	ġetellende	ġeteald

Derived terms

• midġetellan