told

English

Alternative forms

• tol'

Etymology

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.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /təʊld/, [ˈtʰɔʊ(ɫ)d], [ˈtʰɒʊ(ɫ)d]
• (General American) enPR: tōld, IPA^(key): /toʊld/

  • Audio (General American):

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• (General Australian, New Zealand) IPA^(key): /tɐʉld/, [tʰɒʊ(ɫ)d]
• Homophone: tolled
• Rhymes: -əʊld

Verb

told

1. simple past and past participle of tell

   A tale is but half told, if only one person tells it.

Anagrams

• dolt

Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɔl/, [tˢʌlˀ]
• Homophone: tolv

Etymology 1

From Medieval Latin toloneum, an alteration of Latin telōneum.

Noun

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

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

Declension

Declension of told

common gender	singular
	indefinite	definite
nominative	told	tolden
genitive	tolds	toldens

Derived terms

• tolder

Further reading

• “told” in Den Danske Ordbog
• told on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da

Etymology 2

From Old Norse þollr (“wood”). Cognates include Swedish tull, Norwegian Nynorsk toll, Dutch dol.

Noun

told c (singular definite tolden, plural indefinite tolde)

1. thole (each of the pegs that, especially in older rowing boats, were placed in pairs in holes in the rail as a support and pivot point for an oar)

   Synonym: åretold

Inflection

Declension of told

common gender	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	told	tolden	tolde	toldene
genitive	tolds	toldens	toldes	toldenes

Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈtold]
• Homophone: toldd
• Rhymes: -old

Etymology 1

Possibly from the verb tol (“to push”) +‎ -d (frequentative suffix).

Verb

told

1. (transitive) to add, to splice

Conjugation

Conjugation of told

Click for archaic forms			1st person sg	2nd person sg informal	3rd person sg, 2nd p. sg formal	1st person pl	2nd person pl informal	3rd person pl, 2nd p. pl formal
indica­tive	indica­tive	pre­sent	indef.	toldok	toldasz	told	toldunk	toldotok	toldanak
			def.	toldom	toldod	toldja	toldjuk	toldjátok	toldják
			2nd obj	toldalak
		past	indef.	toldottam	toldottál	toldott	toldottunk	toldottatok	toldottak
			def.	toldottam	toldottad	toldotta	toldottuk	toldottátok	toldották
			2nd obj	toldottalak
		future		Future is expressed with a present-tense verb with a completion-marking prefix and/or a time adverb, or—more explicitly—with the infinitive plus the conjugated auxiliary verb fog, e.g. toldani fog.
archaic preterite		indef.	toldék	toldál	tolda	toldánk	toldátok	toldának
		def.	toldám	toldád	toldá	toldánk	toldátok	toldák
		2nd obj	toldálak
archaic past		Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala (volt), e.g. told vala, toldott vala/volt.
archaic future	indef.	toldandok	toldandasz	toldand	toldandunk	toldandotok	toldandanak
	def.	toldandom	toldandod	toldandja	toldandjuk	toldandjátok	toldandják
	2nd obj	toldandalak
condi­tional	pre­sent	indef.	toldanék	toldanál	toldana	toldanánk	toldanátok	toldanának
		def.	toldanám	toldanád	toldaná	toldanánk (or toldanók)	toldanátok	toldanák
		2nd obj	toldanálak
	past		Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. toldott volna
sub­junc­tive	sub­junc­tive	pre­sent	indef.	toldjak	toldj or toldjál	toldjon	toldjunk	toldjatok	toldjanak
			def.	toldjam	toldd or toldjad	toldja	toldjuk	toldjátok	toldják
			2nd obj	toldjalak
(archaic) past		Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. toldott légyen
infinitive	toldani		toldanom	toldanod	toldania	toldanunk	toldanotok	toldaniuk
other forms	verbal noun		present part.	past part.	future part.	adverbial participle		causative
	toldás		toldó	toldott	toldandó	toldva (toldván)
The archaic passive conjugation had the same -(t)at/-(t)et suffix as the causative, followed by -ik in the 3rd-person singular (and the concomitant changes in conditional and subjunctive mostly in the 1st- and 3rd-person singular like with other traditional -ik verbs).

Potential conjugation of told

Click for archaic forms			1st person sg	2nd person sg informal	3rd person sg, 2nd p. sg formal	1st person pl	2nd person pl informal	3rd person pl, 2nd p. pl formal
indica­tive	indica­tive	pre­sent	indef.	toldhatok	toldhatsz	toldhat	toldhatunk	toldhattok	toldhatnak
			def.	toldhatom	toldhatod	toldhatja	toldhatjuk	toldhatjátok	toldhatják
			2nd obj	toldhatlak
		past	indef.	toldhattam	toldhattál	toldhatott	toldhattunk	toldhattatok	toldhattak
			def.	toldhattam	toldhattad	toldhatta	toldhattuk	toldhattátok	toldhatták
			2nd obj	toldhattalak
archaic preterite		indef.	toldhaték	toldhatál	toldhata	toldhatánk	toldhatátok	toldhatának
		def.	toldhatám	toldhatád	toldhatá	toldhatánk	toldhatátok	toldhaták
		2nd obj	toldhatálak
archaic past		Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala (volt), e.g. toldhat vala, toldhatott vala/volt.
archaic future	indef.	toldhatandok or toldandhatok	toldhatandasz or toldandhatsz	toldhatand or toldandhat	toldhatandunk or toldandhatunk	toldhatandotok or toldandhattok	toldhatandanak or toldandhatnak
	def.	toldhatandom or toldandhatom	toldhatandod or toldandhatod	toldhatandja or toldandhatja	toldhatandjuk or toldandhatjuk	toldhatandjátok or toldandhatjátok	toldhatandják or toldandhatják
	2nd obj	toldhatandalak or toldandhatlak
condi­tional	pre­sent	indef.	toldhatnék	toldhatnál	toldhatna	toldhatnánk	toldhatnátok	toldhatnának
		def.	toldhatnám	toldhatnád	toldhatná	toldhatnánk (or toldhatnók)	toldhatnátok	toldhatnák
		2nd obj	toldhatnálak
	past		Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. toldhatott volna
sub­junc­tive	sub­junc­tive	pre­sent	indef.	toldhassak	toldhass or toldhassál	toldhasson	toldhassunk	toldhassatok	toldhassanak
			def.	toldhassam	toldhasd or toldhassad	toldhassa	toldhassuk	toldhassátok	toldhassák
			2nd obj	toldhassalak
(archaic) past		Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. toldhatott légyen
infinitive	(toldhatni)		(toldhatnom)	(toldhatnod)	(toldhatnia)	(toldhatnunk)	(toldhatnotok)	(toldhatniuk)
other forms	positive adjective			negative adjective		adverbial participle
	toldható			toldhatatlan		(toldhatva / toldhatván)

Derived terms

• toldalék
• toldás
• toldoz
• tódít
• tódul

(With verbal prefixes):

• hozzátold
• kitold
• megtold

Etymology 2

tol (“to push”) +‎ -d (personal suffix)

Alternative forms

• toljad

Verb

told

1. second-person singular subjunctive present definite of tol

Further reading

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

Norwegian Nynorsk

Participle

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

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

Verb

told

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

Yola

Verb

told

1. Alternative form of tolth
   • 1867, GLOSSARY OF THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY:

     Fho told thee?

     Who told thee?

References

• 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