teld

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noun

A tent.

“I teld you what happened.”

OriginMiddle English teld ← Old English teld ← Proto-West Germanic *teld →
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Meanings

teld1

nounteld (plural telds)

plural telds · alternative tield · alternative tild

  1. obsoleteA tent.

teld2

verbteld (third-person singular simple present telds, present participle telding, simple past and past participle telded)

present singular third person telds · participle present telding · participle past telded · past telded

  1. obsoletetransitiveTo lodge in a tent.
  2. obsoletetransitiveTo set up (a tent); pitch a tent; (in general) to set up.

teld3

verb
  1. West CountryYorkshireparticiplepastsimple past and past participle of tell

    I teld you what happened.

Origin

teld · noun

  1. Proto-Indo-European*delt-“board”
  2. Proto-Germanic*teldą“tent”
  3. Proto-West Germanic*teld
  4. Old Englishteld“tent, pavilion, tabernacle”
  5. Middle Englishteld
  6. Englishteld

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.

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teld · verb

  1. Middle Englishtelden“to set up a tent”
  2. Englishteld

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

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with teld

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Anagrams

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APA

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MLA

“teld.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/teld. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “teld,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/teld.

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