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English word origin

Etymology of telt

From Middle English telt, dialectal first and third person singular past indicative of Middle English tellen, equivalent to tell + -t.

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Unnumbered source etymology

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verb

simple past and past participle of tell

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From Middle English telt, dialectal first and third person singular past indicative of Middle English tellen, equivalent to tell + -t.

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  • Inherited-form mentionteltenm
  • Derivation mentiontellenenm
  • Word-formation componenttellen
  • Word-formation component-ten
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