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Old English · adjective

getæl

Normalised ġetæl

Part of speech
adjective
IPA
/jeˈtæl/
Syllables
je · ˈtæl (2 syllables)
Modern English
computationseriescatalogquickregisterreckoningnumberactive

getæl1 · adjective

Senses

  1. quick; ready; active

Declension

Strong declension of getæl
MasculineFeminineNeuter
Singular
Nominative ġetælġetaluġetaloġetæl
Accusative ġetælneġetaleġetæl
Genitive ġetalesġetælreġetales
Dative ġetalumġetælreġetalum
Instrumental ġetaleġetælreġetale
Plural
Nominative ġetaleġetalaġetaleġetaluġetalo
Accusative ġetaleġetalaġetaleġetaluġetalo
Genitive ġetælraġetælraġetælra
Dative ġetalumġetalumġetalum
Instrumental ġetalumġetalumġetalum
Weak declension of getæl
MasculineFeminineNeuter
Singular
Nominative ġetalaġetaleġetale
Accusative ġetalanġetalanġetale
Genitive ġetalanġetalanġetalan
Dative ġetalanġetalanġetalan
Instrumental ġetalanġetalanġetalan
Plural
Nominative ġetalanġetalanġetalan
Accusative ġetalanġetalanġetalan
Genitive ġetælraġetalenaġetælraġetalenaġetælraġetalena
Dative ġetalumġetalumġetalum
Instrumental ġetalumġetalumġetalum

getæl2 · noun · neuter

Senses

  1. number, series, reckoning, computation

  2. grammatical number

    Āgene naman habbaþ ānfeald ġetæl and nabbaþ maniġfeald.

    Proper names have a singular number and lack a plural.

    c. 995, Ælfric, Extracts on Grammar in English

  3. company, race, tribe

  4. a book of reckoning, register, catalog

Declension · strong a-stem

Declension of getæl
SingularPlural
Nominative ġetælġetalu
Accusative ġetælġetalu
Genitive ġetælesġetala
Dative ġetæleġetalum

All forms (14)

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *talaz, *gatalaz. Cognate with Old Saxon gital, Old High German gizal.

From Proto-Germanic *ga- + *talą, equivalent to ġe- + tæl. Compare Old Saxon gital, Old High German gizal.

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