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Webster 1913 Edition


Tale

Tale

(tāl)
,
Noun.
See
Tael
.

Tale

,
Noun.
[AS.
talu
number, speech, narrative; akin to D.
taal
speech, language, G.
zahl
number, OHG.
zala
, Icel.
tal
,
tala
, number, speech, Sw.
tal
, Dan.
tal
number,
tale
speech, Goth.
talzjan
to instruct. Cf.
Tell
,
Verb.
T.
,
Toll
a tax, also
Talk
,
Verb.
I.
]
1.
That which is told; an oral relation or recital; any rehearsal of what has occured; narrative; discourse; statement; history; story.
“The tale of Troy divine.”
Milton.
“In such manner rime is Dante’s tale.”
Chaucer.
We spend our years as a
tale
that is told.
Ps. xc. 9.
2.
A number told or counted off; a reckoning by count; an enumeration; a count, in distinction from measure or weight; a number reckoned or stated.
The ignorant, . . . who measure by
tale
, and not by weight.
Hooker.
And every shepherd tells his
tale
,
Under the hawthorn in the dale.
Milton.
In packing, they keep a just
tale
of the number.
Carew.
3.
(Law)
A count or declaration.
[Obs.]
To tell tale of
,
to make account of.
[Obs.]
Therefore little
tale
hath he
told

Of
any dream, so holy was his heart.
Chaucer.
Syn. – Anecdote; story; fable; incident; memoir; relation; account; legend; narrative.

Tale

(tāl)
,
Verb.
I.
To tell stories.
[Obs.]
Chaucer.
Gower.

Webster 1828 Edition


Tale

TALE

,
Noun.
[See Tell.] A story; a narrative; the rehearsal of a series of events or adventures, commonly some trifling incidents; or a fictitious narrative; as the tale of a tub. Marmontel's tales; idle tales. Luke 24.
We spend our years as a tale that is told Ps.90.
1.
Oral relation.
2.
Reckoning; account set down. Ex.5.
In packing, they keep a just tale of the number.
3.
Number reckoned.
--The ignorant who measure by tale, not be weight.
4.
A telling; information; disclosure of any thing secret.
Birds--are aptest by their voice to tell tales what they find.
In thee are men that carry tales to shed blood. Ezek.22.
5.
In law, a count or declaration. [Tale, in this sense, is obsolete.]
6.
In commerce, a weight for gold and silver in China and other parts of the E. Indies; also, a money of account. In China, each tale is 10 maces=100 candareens-1000 cash.

TALE

,
Verb.
I.
To tell stories.

Definition 2024


tåle

tåle

See also: tale, Tale, and talé

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

tåle (imperative tål, present tense tåler, passive tåles, simple past tålte, past participle tålt, present participle tålende)

  1. to bear, endure, stand, tolerate
    De tåler ikke synet av hverandre. - They can't stand the sight of each other.

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