Telja

As defined by A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic (Geir Zoëga):

telja Old Icelandic word can mean:

telja

(tel; talda; taliðr, taldr, talinn), v.

telja

1) to count, number (G. biskup hafði ~ látit bœndr á Íslandi);

telja

~ kyn sitt til e-s, eiga til e-s at ~, to trace one’s descent from;

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þótt þú eigir frændsemi at ~ við mik, though thou canst reckon thyself my kith and kin;

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2) to tell, say, set forth;

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hann taldi litla sína fýsi at róa lengra, he said that he had little mind for rowing farther;

telja

~ tölu, to make a speech, preach a sermon;

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3) to reckon, consider (H. telr sik nú hraustari mann en áðr var hann);

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~ sér e-t, to claim for oneself, reckon as one’s property (Þ. krókr taldi sér dalinn, ok kallaði hann þat sitt landnám);

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4) ~ fyrir vindi, to go well before the wind, of a ship (skipin voru örskreið ok töldu vel fyrir vindinum);

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5) with preps., ~ e-t af, to dissuade;

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~ e-t af fyrir e-m, to dissuade one from;

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~ at e-u, to blame, find fault with, object to (man ek ekki at ~, þó at þú trúir á þat goð, er þér líkar);

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~ á e-n, to rebuke, blame;

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~ e-t eptir e-m, to grudge one a thing (ekki tel ek mat eptir ykkr);

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~ fyrir e-m, to try to persuade one (S. boðaði Þangbrandi heiðni ok taldi lengi fyrir honum);

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~ trú fyrir e-m, to preach the gospel to one;

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~ e-t ofan, to dissuade from;

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~ til e-s, to claim (taldi hann til ríkis);

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~ e-t upp, to enumerate, reckon up (þá taldi Þ. upp konur þær, sem vóru í Borgarfirði úgiptar);

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6) refl., ~st undan e-u, to decline, refuse (telst hann undan förinni).

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛏᛁᛚᛁᛅ

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This headword also appears in dictionaries of other languages closely related to Old Icelandic.

• Old Norse - Cleasby & Vigfusson Dictionary
• Old Norwegian - Johan Fritzner's Dictionary