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teld

teld noun: a tent. Also the simple past and past participle of tell.

Noun

teld (plural telds)

  1. (obsolete) A tent.

Verb

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

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

Also used as

teld is also the simple past and past participle of tell.

Forms of teld

Noun
pluraltelds
alternative formtield
alternative formtild
Verb
third-person singular presenttelds
present participletelding
past participletelded
pasttelded

Origin of teld

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.

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

Words that rhyme with teld

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Questions about teld

What does teld mean?
Teld means a tent.
What part of speech is teld?
Teld can be a noun or a verb.
What is the plural of teld?
The plural of teld is telds.

Words near teld in the dictionary

  1. Telciu
  2. telco
  3. telcom
  4. telcoms
  5. telcos
  6. teld
  7. Telde
  8. telds
  9. tele
  10. tele bubble
  11. tele-

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