told
simple past and past participle of tell
Verb
- simple past and past participle of tell
- A tale is but half told, if only one person tells it.
Origin
From Middle English tolde, talde (first and third person singular preterite), from Old English tealde (first and third person singular preterite), from Proto-Germanic *talid-, preterite stem of Proto-Germanic *taljaną (“to count; tell”), equivalent to tell + -ed.