Old English · noun

tal

Normalised tāl

Part of speech: noun, feminine
Declension: strong ō-stem
IPA: /tɑːl/
Syllables: tɑːl (1 syllable)
Modern English: evil-speaking disparagement mocking derision slander calumny blasphemy

Meaning

evil-speaking, calumny, disparagement, slander
blasphemy
reproach
scorn, derision, mocking

Declension

Declension of tal
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	tāl	tāla tāle
Accusative	tāle	tāla tāle
Genitive	tāle	tāla
Dative	tāle	tālum

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *tālu, from Proto-Germanic *tēlō (“deception, deceit, persecution”), from Proto-Indo-European *del- (“to take aim, calculate, damage, count”). Cognate with Latin dolus (“deception, strategem, trap”).

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