telja

== Faroese == === Etymology === From Old Norse telja, from Proto-Germanic *taljaną. === Verb === telja (third person singular past indicative taldi, third person plural past indicative talt, supine talt) to count to tell ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Synonyms ==== fortelja siga frá === See also === tosa práta spyrja svara == Icelandic == === Etymology === From Old Norse telja, from Proto-Germanic *taljaną. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈtʰɛlja/ Rhymes: -ɛlja === Verb === telja (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative taldi, supine talið) to count [intransitive or with accusative] to believe, think [intransitive or with accusative] Synonyms: halda, hyggja ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Etymology 1 === From Old Norse telja, from Proto-Germanic *taljaną. ==== Alternative forms ==== telje (e infinitive) ==== Verb ==== telja (present tense tel, past tense talde, past participle talt, passive infinitive teljast, present participle teljande, imperative tel) to count === Etymology 2 === May be comparable with Icelandic tölva and Faroese telda. ==== Noun ==== telja (High Norwegian) computer === References === “telja” in The Nynorsk Dictionary. == Old Norse == === Etymology === From Proto-Germanic *taljaną (“to count, tell”). Cognate with Old English tellan, Old Frisian tella, Old Saxon tellian, Old High German zellen. === Verb === telja (singular past indicative taldi, plural past indicative tǫldu, past participle taldr or taliðr) to count, number to tell, say to reckon, consider ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Descendants ==== Icelandic: telja Faroese: telja Norwegian Nynorsk: telja Old Swedish: tælia Swedish: tälja Danish: tælle Norwegian Bokmål: telle === Further reading === Zoëga, Geir T. (1910), “telja”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive