telled

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Northumbria/tɛld/

A form of tell — To determine the number, amount, or value of [something].

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Meanings

verb

alternative Northern England Scotland telt · alternative told

  1. dialectalnonstandardparticiplepastsimple past and past participle of tell

    Maybe, Miss Mary has been telled so; but if she has, she's been telled wrong.

    1870, Edward Peacock, Ralf Skirlaugh, the Lincolnshire Squire, volume 2, page 267
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APA

telled. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/telled

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Chicago

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

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