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. ==== Alternative forms ==== tield, tild ==== Noun ==== teld (plural telds) (obsolete) A tent. ===== Related terms ===== tilt === 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) (transitive, obsolete) To lodge in a tent. (transitive, obsolete) To set up (a tent); pitch a tent; (in general) to set up. ===== Related terms ===== tilt === Etymology 3 === ==== Verb ==== teld (West Country, Yorkshire) simple past and past participle of tell === 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 tent ==== Declension ==== Strong a-stem: ==== Derived terms ==== beteldan ġeteld ==== Related terms ==== teldian ==== Descendants ==== Middle English: teld, tielde Scots: tild, tyld, teill English: teld, tilt