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One who considers his decisions
- [ syll. tel - lan, te -ll- an ] The baby boy name Tellan is pronounced T EH L-AHN †. Tellan's origin is Old English. Tellan is of the meaning 'one who considers his decisions'.
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tellan What does tellan mean? tellan (Old English) Origin & history From Proto-Germanic *taljaną, whence also Old Frisian tella, Old Saxon tellian, Old Dutch tellen, Old High German zellen, Old Norse telja. Akin to Old English talu "tale, account" Verb tellan. to count; to tell Descendants. Middle English: tellen; English: tell
Pronounce. Tellan. [ syll. tel - lan, te -ll- an ] The baby boy name Tellan is pronounced T EH L-AHN †. Tellan's origin is Old English. Tellan is of the meaning 'one who considers his decisions'. Derivatives of Tellan include the names Tellen, Tellin, Tellon, Tellun, and Tellyn. See also the related category english.
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Etymology
Borrowed from English tellane.
Noun
tellan m inan 1. tellane, tellurane, hydrogen telluride (H2Te) 1.1. Synonym: telurovodík
Further reading
1. Chemické názvoslovíapparently by Zdeněk Mička, natur.cuni.cz
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *talljan, from Proto-Germanic *taljaną, whence also Old Frisian tella, Old Saxon tellian, Old Dutch tellen, Old High German zellen, Old Norse telja. Related to Old English talu (“tale, account”).
Pronunciation
1. IPA(key): /ˈtel.lɑn/, [ˈteɫ.ɫɑn]
Verb
tellan 1. to count, calculate 1.1. Tealdest þū eall þā sċēap be handa? 1.1.1. Did you countall the sheep by hand? 1.2. Nese, iċ hīe tealde mid mīnum hēafde. 1.2.1. No, I countedthem with my head. 1.3. Ac mid þām handum man mæġ tellan hūru oþ tīen, mid þām hēafde oþ ān. 1.3.1. But with your hands you can countat least to ten, with your head only to one. 1.4. Hwæt lā! Þonne næs būtan ān sċēap tō tellanne. 1.4.1. So then there was only one sheep to be counted! 2. to tell, narrate, recount 3. to...
Nov 17, 2014 · Old English is an inflected language with each word having a number of different forms for the different cases. Supposing you saw the word 'ofþryccaþ' in a text and wanted to translate it. If you looked in a dictionary that simply contained the root words you would not find it as 'ofþryccaþ' is not the root word.
Dec 14, 2021 · Remember that the basic meaning of "say" is "express thoughts in words" while the basic meaning of "tell" is "inform." As a result, English speakers are more likely to use "say" to quote. someone and "tell" to paraphrase a message. This difference has also been shown in studies.
From Middle English tellen (“to count, tell" ), from Old English tellan (“to count, tell" ), from Proto-Germanic *taljanÄ…, *talzijanÄ… (“to count, enumerate" ), from Proto-Germanic *talÄ…, *talÇ (“number, counting" ), from Proto-Indo-European *dol- (“calculation, fraud" ). Cognate with English tally (“to count" ), West ...