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ge-tellan

  • verb [ weak ]
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ge-tellan, ic -telle, ðú -telest, he -teleþ, pl. -tellaþ; p. -tealde, pl. -tealdon; pp. -teald, -teled
To tell, number, reckon, esteem, consider, ascribe, assign; numerare, computare, reputare, comparare, dinumerare
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  • Ruben and Simeon beóþ mid me getealde

    Ruben et Simeon reputabuntur mihi,

      Gen. 48, 5: Ps. Spl. C. 43, 25: Ps. Th. 118, 119.

  • Hit getealdon ealde ǽgleáwe

    elders skilled in laws reckoned it,

      Menol. Fox 34; Men. 17: Cd. 154; Th. 191, 33; Exod. 224.

  • Hwylc can getellan

    quis novit dinumerare,

      Ps. Spl. 89, 13.

  • Ðá getealdon hie ðæt ðǽr wæs eác syx hund manna acweald

    then they reckoned that there were six hundred men slain,

      Blickl. Homl. 203, 27.

  • Seó bóc ðe ys genemned on Englisc getel for ðam ðe Israhéla bearn wǽron on ðære getealde

    the book that is called in English Numbers because in it the children of Israel were numbered,

      Num. Pref: Ps. Th. 89, 11: Andr. Kmbl. 1765; An. 885: Mt. Bos. 10, 30.

  • Ðæt is geteald ðæs læssan mílgetæles ðe stadia hátte ccc and þreó twentig

    it is, reckoned by the smaller measure of distance that are called stadia, three hundred and twenty-three,

      Nar. 36, 16: 34, 27.

  • Se biþ geteald Godes feónd

    he will be accounted God's enemy,

      Homl. Th. i. 162, 22.

  • Án eórod is geteald to six þúsendum

    a legion is reckoned at six thousand,

    ii.
      378, 29: i. 68, 35.

  • Ðæt Mæcedonisce gewinn ðæt mon mæg to ðám mǽstan gewinnum getellan

    the Macedonian war which may be reckoned amongst the greatest wars,

      Ors, 4, 11; Bos. 98, 18.

  • Ðonne biþ he geteald to ðære fýrenan eá

    then shall he be assigned to the fiery river,

      Blickl. Homl. 43, 24.

  • Ðæt hí hiora ágnum godum getealde wǽron

    that they might be ascribed to their own gods,

      Ors. 1, 5; Bos. 28, 27.

  • Ðá ðis Constantine geteald wæs

    when this was told to Constantine,

      H. R. 5, 27.

  • Geteled rímes

    reckoned by number,

      Cd. 67; Th. 80, 30; Gen. 1336: 107; Th. 141, 14; Gen. 2344: Elen. Kmbl. 4; El. 2.

  • Geteled ríme,

      Cd. 64; Th, 76, 27; Gen. 1263: 161; Th. 201, 15; Exod. 372: Andr. Kmbl. 2070; An. 1037.

  • Tyn hund geteled

    ten hundred in number,

      Cd. 154; Th. 192, 15; Exod. 232: Andr. Kmbl. 1329; An. 665: Ps. Th. 90, 7.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “ge-tellan.” 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/16386.

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