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語源 1

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名詞

tellen (plural tellens)

1. (zoology) Archaic spelling of tellin.

語源 2

From 中期英語 tellen, equivalent to tell +‎ -en.

発音

• IPA: /ˈtɛlən/

動詞

tellen

1. (obsolete, dialectal) plural simple present of tell
   • 1879, Georgina F. Jackson, “KILL, sb.”, in Shropshire Word-book: A Glossary of Archaic and Provincial Words, Etc., Used in the County‎, London: Trübner & Company, page 233:

     They tellen me as them furrin 'tatoes bin kill-dried afore they comen 'ere, so they bin no good fur settin'.

   • 1881, Benjamin Brierly, “Fain”, in Ab-o'th'-yate's Dictionary: Or Walmsley Fowt Skoomester‎, Manchester: Abel Heywood & Son, page 72:

     A dog, when it's had th' tin kettle unteed fro its tail, an' yo' geen it a feed of wut-cake an' milk, an' yo' tellen it to lie deawn upo' th' hearthstone, an' if it's a mind to stop wheere it is it may.

   • 1905 May 13, M. E. Francis, “Mrs Gradwell's Piano”, in Country Life‎, volume XVII, number 436, Country Life, Limited, page 678:

     Hoo'll never do no good at the music, they tellen her up at the school, wi'out hoo practises reg'lar, an' it's unpossible for her to do that wi'out we has a pianney i' the 'ouse.

参照

“tellen”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

動詞

tellen

1. to count
2. to tell

Conjugation

派生した語

• English: tell
• Scots: tell
• Yola: tolth, told (preterite)

参照

• “tellen, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.