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† beˈtell, v. Obs.
Forms: inf. 1 betellan, 2–4 bitelle(n, 4 bitele, 5 betelle, (6 betele). pa. tense 3 bitald(e, -told(e. pa. pple. 3 bitald, 5 betolde.
[OE. betęllan, f. be- 1 + tęllan to tell.]
1. trans. To speak for, answer for, justify.
1048O.E. Chron. (Laud MS.) Þæt he [Godwin] moste hine betellan. a1250Owl & Night. 263 Lust hu ich con me bi⁓telle Mid riȝte sothe.
2. To speak of, declare, narrate.
c1205Lay. 15868 Ȝif ich..mid soðe hit bitelle · Þat heore talen sinde lese. c1425Wyntoun Cron. ii. viii. 128 As yhe haf herd before be-talde.
3. To lay claim to; to win; to rescue.
c1205Lay. 7894 Bi-ðencheð eow ohte cnihtes to bi-tellen eowere rihtes. Ibid. 18099 Þu hauest Brutlond al bitald To þire hond. c1250Gen. & Ex. 920 Loth was fifti winter hold Quan Abram him bitold.
4. To calumniate, deride, deceive. [Perh. there is here properly a vb. bitelen, f. OE. tǽlan to speak ill of, calumniate: esp. in the last quot.]
a1225Ancr. R. 226 He þeonne mid tet, birleð [v.r. bitelleþ] him ilome. a1240Lofsong in Lamb. Hom. 205 Þet heo hire ne muwen bitellen. a1300Cursor M. 6890 He..wrat þe nam, and sett to sele, Þat man suld oþer nan bitele. a1460Towneley Myst. 217 He shalle with alle his mawmentry No longere us be telle. 1567Harman Caveat 67 She sayth that they be her children, that beteled be babes borne of such abhominable bellye. |