Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An obsolete or provincial preterit of
tell .
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- verb Geordie Simple past tense and past participle of
tell .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Thats me telt then. on April 7, 2010 at 4: 56 pm Tang0
Locally Elected Police Chiefs, Yeah? « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2010
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Hjarteleg velkommen med telt og sovepose om du vil :
The curse of a social being Torill 2007
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I ast yan o them if I cud get riden to Dublin, an a man in a three nuickt hat, at knackt like rotten sticks, telt me I mud gang wid him, for a thing they caw tide, like t' post oth land, was gangin an waddent stay o nea body niver.
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"I can tell thee nowt, lass, but what I telt ye afoore," answered the old woman peremptorily.
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"I can tell thee nowt, lass, but what I telt ye afoore," answered the old woman peremptorily.
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‘Na, man — Jamie — Jamie Steenson — I telt ye before.’
Waverley 2004
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Ah telt her faither gin he'd say no 'twid hurt his dochter sair, man.
Seton's Lassie 2001
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"Oh no, he's at it again" cho: Aye we telt him and aye we warned him
At It Again (2) 1999
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"Oh no, he's at it again!" cho: Aye we telt him and aye we warned him
At It Again 1998
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Weel, weel, an 'ye never telt me ye were comin' at a ', at a'.
Miss Dexie A Romance of the Provinces Stanford Eveleth
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