tælan

Old English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *tālijan, *tālēn (“to deceive, strategise, persecute”), from Proto-Germanic *tēlō (“persecution, deceit”), equivalent to tāl (“blame”) +‎ -an. Cognate with Old High German zālēn (“to persecute”), Gothic *𐍄𐌴𐌻𐍉𐌽 (*tēlōn, “to harm, damage”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈtæː.lɑn/

Verb

tǣlan

  1. to blame, accuse
  2. to rebuke, reprove
  3. to criticise, censure, reprimand
  4. to scorn, despise
  5. to insult, mock

Conjugation

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Derived terms

Descendants
  • Middle English: telen
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