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tæl

  • noun [ neuter ]
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Grammar
tæl, tel, es; n.
Wright's OE grammar
§119;
A tale, number, series
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  • Heora tel biþ swá menigfeald, ðæt hit oferstíhþ sandceosles gerím,

    • Homl. Th. i. 536, 33.
  • Ðæra etendra tal

    manducantium numerus,

    • Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 14, 21.
  • Of tale

    numero,

    • Jn. Skt. Rush. 6, 10.
  • Tele

    laterculo, numero,

    • Hpt. Gl. 442, 51.
  • In ténum talum

    in decem numeros,

    • Mt. Kmbl. p. 3, 1.
  • Cf. Forerím ł (fore-)tal

    prologus,

    • p. 1, 1.
Etymology
[Hundred is ful tel, A. R. 372, 9.
O. Sax. gér-tal
:
Icel. tal
; n. a number, series.]
Similar entries
v. ge-, ofer-tæl; tæl-cræft, -mearc, -met; talu.
Linked entries
v.  tal tel fore-tal.
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  • tæl, n.