A-tellan

Old English Dictionary Entry

A-tellan

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: Related words: trans.

Definitions

1 a-tellan

p. -tealde, pl. -tealdon ; pp. -teald ; [a, tellan] To tell out, enumerate, reckon, explain, interpret; dinumerare, numerare, interpretari :-- Hwylc wát ánweald yrres ðínes, and for ege ðínum graman ðínum atellan quis novit potestatem iræ tuæ, et pro timore tuo iram tuam dinumerare? Ps. Spl. C. 89, 13. Gif ðú nú atellan wilt ealle ða bliþnessa wið ðám unrótnessum if thou wilt now reckon all the enjoyments against the sorrows, Bt. 8 ; Fox 24, 21, note 6. Wit gesáwon swefen, ac wyt nyton hwá hyt unc atelle nos duo somnium vidimus, et non est qui interpretetur nobis duobus, Gen. 40, 8. a-tellan

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ᚪ-ᛏᛖᛚᛚᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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