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ge-tæl

  • noun [ neuter ]
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ge-tæl, -tel, -teal, es; pl. nom. acc. -talu; n.
a number, series, reckoning, computation; numerus, series, computus, computatio
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  • Ðæra etendra getæl wæs fíf þúsenda wera

    manducantium fuit numerus quinque millia virorum,

      Mt. Bos. 14, 21.

  • Seó Abbudisse hét hine [Cædmon] lǽran ðæt getæl ðæs hálgan stǽres and spelles

    the Abbess commanded [them] to teach him [Cædmon] the series of the holy story and narrative;

    Abbatissa jussit illum [Cædmonem] seriem sacræ historiæ doceri, Bd. 4, 24; S. 598, 5: Homl. Th. ii. 222, 3.

  • Getel is numerus, Ælfc. Gr. 13; Som. 15, 56: Num. Pref. Ágene naman habbaþ ánfeald getel, and nabbaþ mænigfeald; eác sunne and móna syndon ánfealdes geteles

    proper names have a singular number and have not a plural; the sun and moon are also of the singular number,

      13; Som. 16, 1.

  • Sume naman synd óðres cynnes on ánfealdum getele, and óðres cynnes on mænigfealdum getele

    some nouns are of one gender in the singular number, and of another gender in the plural number,

      13; Som. 16, 25, 26.

  • On fulfremedra hálgena geteal in the number of perfect saints, Nat. S. Greg. Els. 9, 2, God geíce fela þúsenda to ðison getale

    Deus addat ad hunc numerum multa millia,

      Deut. 1, 11.

  • Twelf pund be getale

    twelve pounds by tale,

      Chart. Th. 577, 19.
a company, race, tribe; centuria, tribus
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  • Getalu vel heápas vel hundredu

    centurias,

      Ælfc. Gl. 96; Som. 76, 25; Wrt. Voc. 53, 34.

  • All getalu oððe cynn

    omnes tribus,

      Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 24, 30.

  • Hie gemitton getalum myclum

    they met in many tribes,

      Cd. 80; Th. 101, 27; Gen. 1688.
a book of reckoning, a register, catalogue; laterculum, catalogus =
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  • Getæl laterculum, Cot. 119:

    catalogus,

      31, 37, 104.
Derived forms
DER. bold-getæl, -getel, folc-, rím-, rinc-, tigol-, winter-.
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v.  ge-teal ge-tel ge-tel.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “ge-tæl.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/16350.

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