told

== English == === Alternative forms === telled (Scotland, Northern England) telt (Scotland, Northern England) tol' === Etymology === From Middle English tolde, talde (first and third person singular preterite), from Old English tealde (first and third person singular preterite), from Proto-Germanic *talid-, preterite stem of Proto-Germanic *taljaną (“to count; tell”), equivalent to tell +‎ -ed. === Pronunciation === (UK) (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /təʊld/, [ˈtʰɔʊ(ɫ)d], [ˈtʰɒʊ(ɫ)d] (Northumbria) IPA(key): /tɛlt/, /tɛld/ (General American) enPR: tōld, IPA(key): /toʊld/ (General Australian, New Zealand) IPA(key): /tɐʉld/, [tʰɒʊ(ɫ)d] Rhymes: -əʊld Homophone: tolled === Verb === told simple past and past participle of tell ==== Synonyms ==== telt === Anagrams === dolt == Danish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /tɔl/, [tˢʌlˀ] Homophone: tolv === Etymology 1 === From Medieval Latin toloneum, an alteration of Latin telōneum. ==== Noun ==== told c (singular definite tolden, not used in plural form) duty, tariff (tax placed on imports or exports) ===== Declension ===== ===== Derived terms ===== tolder ==== Further reading ==== “told” in Den Danske Ordbog told on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia da === Etymology 2 === From Old Norse þollr (“wood”). Cognates include Swedish tull, Norwegian Nynorsk toll, Dutch dol. ==== Noun ==== told c (singular definite tolden, plural indefinite tolde) thole (each of the pegs that, especially in older rowing boats, were placed in pairs in holes in the rail as a support and pivot point for an oar) Synonym: åretold ===== Inflection ===== ==== Further reading ==== “told” in Den Danske Ordbog “told” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog == Hungarian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈtold] Homophone: toldd Rhymes: -old === Etymology 1 === Possibly from the verb tol (“to push”) +‎ -d (frequentative suffix). ==== Verb ==== told (transitive) to add, to splice ===== Conjugation ===== ===== Derived terms ===== (With verbal prefixes): === Etymology 2 === tol (“to push”) +‎ -d (personal suffix) ==== Alternative forms ==== toljad ==== Verb ==== told second-person singular subjunctive present definite of tol === References === === Further reading === told in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN. == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Participle === told (neuter told or tolt, definite singular and plural tolde) (non-standard since 2012) past participle of tole === Verb === told (non-standard since 2012) supine of tole == Yola == === Verb === told alternative form of tolth === References === Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828), William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 40