Old English · adjective
tæle
Normalised tǣle
- Part of speech
- adjective
- IPA
- /ˈtæː.le/
- Syllables
- ˈtæː · le (2 syllables)
- Modern English
- guiltyfaultdeserving
tæle1 · adjective
Senses
-
guilty of, at fault with
-
deserving, worthy of
Declension
| Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | |||
| Nominative | tǣle | tǣlutǣlo | tǣle |
| Accusative | tǣlne | tǣle | tǣle |
| Genitive | tǣles | tǣlre | tǣles |
| Dative | tǣlum | tǣlre | tǣlum |
| Instrumental | tǣle | tǣlre | tǣle |
| Plural | |||
| Nominative | tǣle | tǣlatǣle | tǣlutǣlo |
| Accusative | tǣle | tǣlatǣle | tǣlutǣlo |
| Genitive | tǣlra | tǣlra | tǣlra |
| Dative | tǣlum | tǣlum | tǣlum |
| Instrumental | tǣlum | tǣlum | tǣlum |
| Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | |||
| Nominative | tǣla | tǣle | tǣle |
| Accusative | tǣlan | tǣlan | tǣle |
| Genitive | tǣlan | tǣlan | tǣlan |
| Dative | tǣlan | tǣlan | tǣlan |
| Instrumental | tǣlan | tǣlan | tǣlan |
| Plural | |||
| Nominative | tǣlan | tǣlan | tǣlan |
| Accusative | tǣlan | tǣlan | tǣlan |
| Genitive | tǣlratǣlena | tǣlratǣlena | tǣlratǣlena |
| Dative | tǣlum | tǣlum | tǣlum |
| Instrumental | tǣlum | tǣlum | tǣlum |
tæle2 · noun · inflected form
Senses
-
inflection of tǣl:; nominative plural
-
inflection of tǣl:; accusative singular/plural
-
inflection of tǣl:; genitive/dative singular
-
Inflected form of tǣl
All forms (11)
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *tālī (adjective), from Proto-Germanic *tēlijaz, from *tēlō (“deception, ruse, persecution”), from Proto-Indo-European *del- (“to aim, calculate, number, adjust, account”), equivalent to tāl + -e.
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