teld

A tent.

Noun

  1. A tent.

Origin

From Middle English teld, tield, telte, from Old English teld (“tent, pavilion, tabernacle”), from Proto-West Germanic *teld, from Proto-Germanic *teldą (“tent”), from Proto-Indo-European *delt- (“board”). Cognate with Middle Dutch telde, telt (“tent”), German Zelt (“tent”), Swedish tält (“tent”), Icelandic tjald (“tent”). Doublet of tilt and geteld.

Forms

telds tield tild

Related

tilt

Verb obsolete, transitive

  1. To lodge in a tent.
  2. To set up (a tent); pitch a tent; (in general) to set up.

Origin

From Middle English telden (“to set up a tent”), from teld (“tent”). See above.

Forms

telds telding telded

Related

tilt

Verb West Country, Yorkshire

  1. simple past and past participle of tell
    • I teld you what happened.