"telt" meaning in English

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Verb

IPA: /tɛlt/ [Northumbria], /tɛld/ [Northumbria] Forms: telled [alternative, Northern-England, Scotland], told [alternative]
Rhymes: -ɛlt Etymology: From Middle English telt, dialectal first and third person singular past indicative of Middle English tellen, equivalent to tell + -t. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|telt}} Middle English telt, {{der|en|enm|tellen}} Middle English tellen, {{af|en|tell|-t}} tell + -t Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} telt
  1. (Scotland, Northern England) simple past and past participle of tell Tags: Northern-England, Scotland, form-of, participle, past Form of: tell Synonyms: told
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