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.

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.

Related terms

• tilt

Etymology 3

Verb

teld

1. (West Country, Yorkshire, Devon) simple past and past participle of tell

   I teld you what happened.

Anagrams

• delt

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

Declension of teld (strong a-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	teld	teld
accusative	teld	teld
genitive	teldes	telda
dative	telde	teldum

Derived terms

• beteldan
• ġeteld

Descendants

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