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á-tellan

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to count, number, compute
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  • Hé hié átellan ne mehte

    numerum explicare non poiuit,

    • Ors. 3, 10
    • ;
    • S. 140, 30.
  • Ne wéne ic þæt ǽnig wǽre þe þæt átellan mehte, þæt on ðám gefeohte gefeóll,

    • 3, II
    • ;
    • S. 150, 24.
to enumerate
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  • áteleð him eall ðæt hé ǽr tó góde gedyde

    quod bene gessit enumerat,

      Past. 463, 12.
  • On manige ódre þingon þe earfoðe sindon tó áteallene,

    • Chr. 1086
    • ;
    • P. 222, 18.
to tell,relate,recount
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  • Hig eall átealdon þ hig gesáwon,

      Nic. 2, 17.
  • Hig hym eall átealdon be þám wýtegum,

      19, 30.
  • Þ hig wyþ ús sprecon and ús átellon ealle þá gerýnu,

      II. 29.
  • Earfoðlic is tó átellanne seó gedrecednes,

    • Chr. 1056
    • ;
    • P. 186, 32.
to reckon, repute
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  • Bið áteled

    reputatur,

      Rtl. 100, 35.
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[
O. H. Ger. arzellen explicare, reputare.
]
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v. un-áteald.
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