getellan

From ġe- +‎ tellan. Cognate with Old Saxon gitellian, Old High German gizellen.

• IPA^(key): /jeˈtel.lɑn/, [jeˈteɫ.ɫɑn]

ġetellan

1. to tell, number, count, enumerate, reckon, assign
   • c. 994, Ælfric, On the Year

     On ðām ġēare synd ġetēalde twelf mōnðas, twā ⁊ fīftiġ wucena, þreo hund daga ⁊ fif ⁊ syxtiġ daga, ⁊ þǣrtōēacan syx tīda, þā maciað æfre ymbe fēorðe ġēar þone dæġ ⁊ ðā niht þe wē hātað bissextum.

     Assigned to each year are twelve months, fifty-two weeks, three hundred and sixty-five days, and an additional six hours, for which reason there is a day and night about every fourth year that we call intercalary.

2. to esteem, consider, estimate
   • c. 994, Ælfric, The Seasons of the Year:

     Wē hātaþ ānne dæġ fram sunnan upgange oþ ǣfen, ac swā þēah is on bōcum ġeteald tō ānum dæġe fram þǣre sunnan upgange oþ þæt hēo eft becume þǣr hēo ǣr upp stāg. On þām fæce sind ġetealda fēower and twentiġ tīda.

     To us a day means from sunrise to sunset, but in books, one day is considered to last from when the sun rises to when it returns to where it started from. In that interval there are considered to be 24 hours.

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