tälja

See also: Talja and talja

Swedish

Etymology 1

From Old Swedish tælghia, from Old Norse telgja, Proto-Norse ᛏᚨᛚᚷᛁᛞᚨᛁ (talgidai) (third-person past singular), Proto-Germanic *talgijaną.

Verb

tälja (present täljer, preterite täljde, supine täljt, imperative tälj)

  1. to carve (in wood)
Conjugation
  • täljkniv

Etymology 2

From Old Swedish tælia, from Old Norse telja, from Proto-Germanic *taljaną, from Proto-Indo-European *dol-, *del-.

Verb

tälja (present täljer, preterite täljde or talde, supine täljt or talt, imperative tälj)

  1. (archaic) to tell, to recount, to count
    • 1915, Dan Andersson, Kolvaktarens Visor, Tjuvskytten
      [] satt med mig på dikeskanten,
      täljde lugnt sin levnads sägner,
      rökte, talade och sade: []
      [] sat with me on the side of the road,
      calmly recounted the stories of his life,
      smoked, spoke and said: []
Conjugation
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