"tellen" meaning in English

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          "text": "A dog, when it's had th' tin kettle unteed fro its tail, an' yo' geen it a feed of wut-cake an' milk, an' yo' tellen it to lie deawn upo' th' hearthstone, an' if it's a mind to stop wheere it is it may.",
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