getellan

Old English

Etymology

From ġe- +‎ tellan. Cognate with Old Saxon gitellian, Old High German gizellen.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /jeˈtel.lɑn/, [jeˈteɫ.ɫɑn]

Verb

ġetellan

  1. to tell, number, count, enumerate, reckon, assign
  2. to esteem, consider, estimate
    • c. 994, Ælfric, The Seasons of the Year:
      Wē hātaþ ānne dæġ fram sunnan upgange oþ ǣfen, ac swā þēah is on bōcum ġeteald tō ānum dæġe fram þǣre sunnan upgange oþ þæt hēo eft becume þǣr hēo ǣr upp stāg. On þām fæce sind ġetealda fēower and twentiġ tīda.
      To us a day means from sunrise to sunset, but in books, one day is considered to last from when the sun rises to when it returns to where it started from. In that interval there are considered to be 24 hours.

Conjugation
Conjugation of ġetellan (weak class 1)
infinitive ġetellan ġetellenne
indicative mood present tense past tense
first person singular ġetelle ġetealde
second person singular ġetelest ġetealdest
third person singular ġeteleþ ġetealde
plural ġetellaþ ġetealdon
subjunctive present tense past tense
singular ġetelle ġetealde
plural ġetellen ġetealden
imperative
singular ġetele
plural ġetellaþ
participle present past
ġetellende ġeteald

Derived terms
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