betell
English
verb
Definitions
- (transitive) To speak or tell about; declare; narrate; describe.
- (transitive) To speak for; answer for; justify.
- (transitive) To lay claim to; win; rescue.
- (transitive) To talk about negatively; slander; calumniate; deride; deceive.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English betellen (calumniate, tell about) inherited from Old English betellan (answer, defend oneself against a charge accusation, speak about) prefix from English tell.
Origin
English
tell
Gloss
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Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- foretell English
- forthtell English
- leeftail English
- mistell English
- outtell English
- overtell English
- pentel English
- pretell English
- retell English
- talk English
- tell English
- tell-troth English
- tell-truth English
- tell-worthy English
- tellable English
- tellee English
- teller English
- tellest English
- telleth English
- telltale English
- telt English
- told English
- untell English
- betellan Old English
- tellan Old English
- betellen Middle English
- tellen Middle English