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t
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llan
V
to tell, narrate, recount, state a case
Source:
Ringe 2014
:238,
https://bosworthtoller.com/30302
originates from: PNWGmc
*taljaną
"to count, to narrate" (taljaną
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tellan) through pnwgmc-to-oe
(source:
Ringe 2014
:238)