Old English Dictionary Entry

Ge-tǽlan

Part of speech: -télan;

Definitions

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1 ge-tǽlan

p. ede; pp. ed To accuse, reprove; accusare, exprobrare, calumniari, reprehendere :-- Ne meaht ðú nó getǽlan ðíne wyrd thou canst not accuse thy fortune, Bt. 10; Fox 28, 1. Ic mǽge getǽlan I may reprove, 32, 3; Fox 118, 27. Word his getéla verbum ejus repræhendere, Lk. Skt. Lind. 20, 26. Oðerne getéleþ alterum contemnet, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 6, 24. Nǽfre getéldon gé ða unsuinnigo numquam condemnassetis innocentes, 12, 7. Ðætte hé getéldon him ut accusarent eum, 10: Mk. Skt. Lind. 3, 2. Ða ðé getéled aron quæ tibi objiciuntur, 14, 60. DER. tǽlan. ge-tælan

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Runic Inscription

ᚷᛖ-ᛏǽᛚᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Works & Authors

Bt.: Boethius, De Consolatione Philosophiæ (OE translation by Alfred)
Fox: Fox, Samuel (Modern English translator of Boethius)
Lk.: Gospel of St. Luke (OE translation)
Mk.: Gospel of St. Mark (OE translation)
Mt.: Gospel of St. Matthew (OE translation)

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