teld

teld · noun¹

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*delt-“board”
2. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*teldą“tent”
3. Proto-West Germanic · inherited from*teld
4. Old English · inherited fromteld“tent, pavilion, tabernacle”
5. Middle English · inherited fromteld
6. English todayteld

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.

teld · verb²

1. Middle English · inherited fromtelden“to set up a tent”
2. English todayteld

From Middle English telden (“to set up a tent”), from teld (“tent”). See above.

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