Old English · noun
tæl
Normalised tǣl
- Part of speech
- noun, feminine
- Declension
- strong i-stem
- IPA
- /tæːl/
- Syllables
- tæːl (1 syllable)
- Modern English
- evil-speakingdisparagementslandercalumny
Meaning
-
evil-speaking, calumny, disparagement, slander
Declension
All forms (4)
Etymology
Uncertain. Either a variant of tāl; a deverbal of tǣlan; or possibly from Proto-West Germanic *tāli, related to Proto-West Germanic *tālu.
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