Old English · verb

tælan

Normalised tǣlan

Part of speech: verb
Verb class: weak class 1
IPA: /ˈtæː.lɑn/
Syllables: ˈtæː · lɑn (2 syllables)
Modern English: criticise reprimand accuse censure blame

Meaning

to blame, accuse
to rebuke, reprove
to criticise, censure, reprimand
to scorn, despise
to insult, mock

Conjugation

Conjugation of tælan
Indicative
	Present	Past
1st singular	tǣle	tǣlde
2nd singular	tǣlest tǣlst	tǣldest
3rd singular	tǣleþ tǣlþ	tǣlde
Plural	tǣlaþ	tǣldon
Subjunctive
Singular	tǣle	tǣlde
Plural	tǣlen	tǣlden

Non-finite forms of tælan
	Form
Infinitive	tǣlan
Inflected infinitive	tǣlenne
Imperative singular	tǣl
Imperative plural	tǣlaþ
Present participle	tǣlende
Past participle	tǣled ġetǣled

All forms (17)

tǣle
tǣlde
tǣlest
tǣlst
tǣldest
tǣleþ
tǣlþ
tǣlaþ
tǣldon
tǣlen
tǣlden
tǣlan
tǣlenne
tǣl
tǣlende
tǣled
ġetǣled

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *tālijan, *tālēn (“to deceive, strategise, persecute”), from Proto-Germanic *tēlō (“persecution, deceit”), equivalent to tāl (“blame”) + -an. Cognate with Old High German zālēn (“to persecute”).

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