English

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Etymology 1

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From Middle English teld, tield, telte, from Old English teld (tent, pavilion, tabernacle), from Proto-West Germanic *teld, from Proto-Germanic *teldą (tent), from Proto-Indo-European *delt- (board). Cognate with Middle Dutch telde, telt (tent), German Zelt (tent), Swedish tält (tent), Icelandic tjald (tent). Doublet of tilt and geteld.

Alternative forms

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Noun

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teld (plural telds)

  1. (obsolete) A tent.
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Etymology 2

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From Middle English telden (to set up a tent), from teld (tent). See above.

Verb

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teld (third-person singular simple present telds, present participle telding, simple past and past participle telded)

  1. (transitive, obsolete) To lodge in a tent.
  2. (transitive, obsolete) To set up (a tent); pitch a tent; (in general) to set up.
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Etymology 3

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Verb

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teld

  1. (West Country, Yorkshire) simple past and past participle of tell
    I teld you what happened.

Anagrams

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Old English

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Etymology

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From Proto-West Germanic *teld, from Proto-Germanic *teldą. Cognate with Old High German zelt.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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teld n

  1. tent
    Uton āslēan ūre teld hēr on þisse mǣdwe.
    Let's pitch our tent here in this meadow.

Declension

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Strong a-stem:

singular plural
nominative teld teld
accusative teld teld
genitive teldes telda
dative telde teldum

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Middle English: teld, tielde