different between meld vs teld

English

Etymology 1

Blend of melt +? weld; alternatively, from English melled (“mingled; blended”), past participle of mell.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /m?ld/
• Rhymes: -?ld

Verb

meld (third-person singular simple present melds, present participle melding, simple past and past participle melded)

1. (US) to combine multiple similar objects into one

   One can meld copper and zinc together to form brass.

   Much as America's motto celebrates melding many into one, South Africa's says that it doesn't matter what you look like — we can all be proud of our young country. - The New York Times, 26/02/2007 [1]

Synonyms

• conflate

Related terms

• melt
• weld

Translations

Etymology 2

Probably borrowed from Dutch or German melden (“to report, announce”). Compare cognate Middle English melden (“to call out, accuse”), from Old English meldian (“to declare, announce, tell”).

Verb

meld (third-person singular simple present melds, present participle melding, simple past and past participle melded)

1. In card games, especially of the rummy family, to announce or display a combination of cards.

Translations

Noun

meld (plural melds)

1. A combination of cards which is melded.

Translations

References

• “meld”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.

Danish

Verb

meld

1. imperative of melde

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -?lt

Verb

meld

1. first-person singular present indicative of melden
2. imperative of melden

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

meld

1. imperative of melde

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From Old Norse meldr.

Alternative forms

• melder m

Noun

meld m (definite singular melden, indefinite plural meldar, definite plural meldane)

1. grinding, crushing
2. an amount of grain that is to be milled
3. an amount of flour that returns from the mill

Related terms

• mala, male (to grind, crush)
• mjøl n

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Participle

meld (neuter singular meldt, definite singular and plural melde)

1. past participle of melde

Verb

meld

1. imperative of melda and melde

References

• “meld” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -?ld

Etymology 1

From Middle English [Term?], from Old English teld (“tent, pavilion, tabernacle”), from Proto-Germanic *teld? (“tent”), from Proto-Indo-European *delt- (“board”). Cognate with Middle Dutch telde, telt (“tent”), German Zelt (“tent”), Swedish tält (“tent”), Icelandic tjald (“tent”). See also tilt. Compare geteld.

Noun

teld (plural telds)

1. (obsolete) A tent.

Etymology 2

From Middle English telden (“to set up a tent”), from teld (“tent”). See above.

Verb

teld (third-person singular simple present telds, present participle telding, simple past and past participle telded)

1. (transitive, obsolete) To lodge in a tent.
2. (transitive, obsolete) To set up (a tent); pitch a tent; (in general) to set up.

Related terms

• tilt

Etymology 3

Verb

teld

1. (West Country, Yorkshire, Devon) simple past tense and past participle of tell

   I teld you what happened.

Anagrams

• delt

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *teld?. Akin to Old High German zelt.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /teld/, [te?d]

Noun

teld n

1. tent

Declension

Derived terms

• beteldan
• ?eteld

Descendants

• Middle English: teld, tielde
  • Scots: tild, tyld, teill
  • English: teld, tilt