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telja tel, talda, taliðr, taldr, talinn v

1. to count, number (G biskup hafði tlátit b�ndr á �slandi); t kyn sitt til e-s, eiga til e-s at t, to trace one's descent from ; þótt þú eigir frændsemi at t við mik, though thou canst reckon thyself my kith and kin ;
2. to tell, say, set forth ; hann taldi litla sína fýsi at róa lengra, he said that he had little mind for rowing farther; t tölu, to make a speech, preach a sermon;
3. to reckon, consider (H telr sik nú hraustari mann en áðr var hann); t sér e-t, to claim for oneself, reckon as one's property (� krókr taldi sér dalinn, ok kallaði hann þat sitt landnám);
4. t fyrir vindi, to go well before the wind, of a ship (skipin voru örskreið ok töldu vel fyrir vindinum);
5. with preps, t e-t af, to dissuade; t e-t af fyrir e-m, to dissuade one from; t at e-u, to blame, find fault with, object to (man ek ekki at t, þó at þú trúir á þat goð, er þér líkar); t á e-n, to rebuke, blame; t e-t eptir e-m, to grudge one a thing (ekki tel ek mat eptir ykkr); t fyrir e-m, to try to persuade one (S boðaði �angbrandi heiðni ok taldi lengi fyrir honum); t trú fyrir e-m, to preach the gospel to one; t e-t ofan, to dissuade from ; t til e-s, to claim (taldi hann til ríkis); t e-t upp, to enumerate, reckon up (þá taldi � upp konur þær, sem vóru í Borgarfirði úgiptar);
6. refl, teljast undan e-u, to decline, refuse (telst hann undan förinni)

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