Etymology

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Today it means: A tent, of a style historically used by the Anglo-Saxons, which resembles a shelter-half or pup tent. Full definition →

Old English ġeteld
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The story

  1. Old English · learned borrowing fromġeteld“tent, tabernacle”
  2. English todaygeteld

Learned borrowing from Old English ġeteld (“tent, tabernacle”). Compare teld, tilt.

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