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)

  1. to count
  2. to tell

Conjugation

Conjugation of telja (group v-18)
infinitive telja
supine talt
participle (a7)1 teljandi taldur
present past
first singular telji taldi
second singular telur taldi
third singular telur taldi
plural telja taldu
imperative
singular tel!
plural teljið!
1Only the past participle being declined.

Synonyms

See also

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)

  1. (transitive, intransitive, governs the accusative) to count
    Hún kann að telja upp að tíu á japönsku.
    She can count to ten in Japanese.
  2. (transitive, intransitive, governs the accusative) to believe, think

Conjugation

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Synonyms

Derived terms

  • eiga til að telja
  • telja af
  • telja á
  • telja eftir
  • telja eftir sér
  • telja ekki eftir
  • telja ekki eftir sér
  • telja fram
  • telja með
  • telja saman
  • telja til
  • telja trú um
  • telja um fyrir
  • teljandi
  • teljari
  • teljast
  • teljast svo til

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From Old Norse telja, from Proto-Germanic *taljaną.

Alternative forms

Verb

telja (present tense tel, past tense talde, past participle talt, passive infinitive teljast, present participle teljande, imperative tel)

  1. to count

Etymology 2

May be comparable with Icelandic tölva and Faroese telda.

Noun

telja

  1. (High Norwegian) computer

References

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)

  1. to count, number
  2. to tell, say
  3. to reckon, consider

Conjugation

Descendants

  • Icelandic: telja
  • Faroese: telja
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: telja
  • Old Swedish: tælia
  • Danish: tælle

References

  • telja”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
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