English

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Etymology

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From Middle English tolde, talde (first and third person singular preterite), from Old English tealde (first and third person singular preterite), from Proto-Germanic *talid-, preterite stem of Proto-Germanic *taljaną (to count; tell), equivalent to tell +‎ -ed.

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Verb

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told

  1. simple past and past participle of tell
    A tale is but half told, if only one person tells it.

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Danish

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Etymology

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From Medieval Latin toloneum, an alteration of Latin telōneum.

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Noun

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told c (singular definite tolden, not used in plural form)

  1. duty, tariff (tax placed on imports or exports)

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Hungarian

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Possibly from the verb tol (to push) +‎ -d (frequentative suffix).[1]

Verb

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told

  1. (transitive) to add, to splice
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(With verbal prefixes):

Etymology 2

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tol (to push) +‎ -d (personal suffix)

Alternative forms

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Verb

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told

  1. second-person singular subjunctive present definite of tol

References

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  1. ^ told in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN.  (See also its 2nd edition.)

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  • told in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

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Participle

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told (neuter told or tolt, definite singular and plural tolde)

  1. (non-standard since 2012) past participle of tole

Verb

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told

  1. (non-standard since 2012) supine of tole

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Verb

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told

  1. Alternative form of tolth
    • 1867, GLOSSARY OF THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY:
      Fho told thee?
      Who told thee?

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  • Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 40