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be-tellan

  • verb [ weak ]
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be-tellan, p. -tealde, -telede, pl. -tealdon, -teledon; pp. -teald, -teled, -tæled; v. a. [be, tellan to tell]
To speak about, to answer, excuse, justify, clear; excusare
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  • Ðæt he móste hine betellan

    that he might answer him,

      Chr. 1048; Erl. 180, 12.
  • Godwine betealde hine

    Godwin cleared himself,

      1052; Ing. 238, 22.
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  • be-tellan, v.