teld

teld

English

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ɛld

Etymology 1

From Middle English teld, tield, telte, from Old English teld (tent, pavilion, tabernacle), from Proto-West Germanic *teld, from Proto-Germanic *teldą (tent), from Proto-Indo-European *delt- (board). Cognate with Middle Dutch telde, telt (tent), German Zelt (tent), Swedish tält (tent), Icelandic tjald (tent). Doublet of tilt and geteld.

Alternative forms

  • tield, tild

Noun

teld (plural telds)

  1. (obsolete) A tent.

Etymology 2

From Middle English telden (to set up a tent), from teld (tent). See above.

Verb

teld (third-person singular simple present telds, present participle telding, simple past and past participle telded)

  1. (transitive, obsolete) To lodge in a tent.
  2. (transitive, obsolete) To set up (a tent); pitch a tent; (in general) to set up.

Etymology 3

Verb

teld

  1. (West Country, Yorkshire) simple past and past participle of tell
    I teld you what happened.

Anagrams

Faroese

Etymology

Neologism by Jóhan Hendrik Winther Poulsen of 1984; from tal +‎ -d.

Noun

teld f (genitive singular teldar, uncountable)

  1. data / computer processing, computation
  2. computer technology

Declension

f2s singular
indefinite definite
nominative teld teldin
accusative teld teldina
dative teld teldini
genitive teldar teldarinnar

Derived terms

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *teld, from Proto-Germanic *teldą. Cognate with Old High German zelt.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /teld/, [teɫd]

Noun

teld n

  1. tent
    Uton āslēan ūre teld hēr on þisse mǣdwe.
    Let's pitch our tent here in this meadow.

Declension

Strong a-stem:

singular plural
nominative teld teld
accusative teld teld
genitive teldes telda
dative telde teldum

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Middle English: teld, tielde
    • Scots: tild, tyld, teill
    • English: teld, tilt