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teld

  • noun [ neuter ]
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Grammar
teld, es; n.
A tent, pavilion; left still in tilt of a cart
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  • On ðam telde ( tabernaculo ) heó ys,

    • Gen. 18, 9.
  • Eardungstówa Ō teld his

    tabernaculum ejus,

    • Ps. Spl. 17, 13.
  • Mon teld (geteld, MS. B.) ðǽrofer ábrǽdde ( tentorio majore extenso ),

    • Bd. 3, 11;
    • S. 535, 22.
  • [

    And Alfríc biscop I biqueðe míne teld and mín bedreáf þat ic best hauede út on mí fare mid mé,

    • Chart. Th. 566, 32.
    ]
Etymology
[Þer Oswald sette his teld, Laym. 31384. Hengest bilæfde al his teld (hii lete stonde hire teldes, 2nd MS.), 16462. In here teld (on heora geteldum, Num. 16, 27) he (Dathan and Abiram) stonden, Gen, and Ex. 3769. Telte or tente tentorium, Prompt. Parv. 488.
O. H. Ger. zelt;
n. papillio:
Ger. zelt;
n.: Icel. tjald;
n. a tent:
Dan. telt;
n.]
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v. ge-teld.
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