Explore Tellan through 2 example sentences from English. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Tellan in a sentence
Context around Tellan
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24 words
- Position in the sentence: 0 start, 1 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 2 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Tellan
- In this selection, "tellan" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 24 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Recognizable usage signals include evolved to tellan by i and tale vs tellan to tell. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "tellan" sits close to words such as aabb, aabria and aacha, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with tellan
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
A-restoration converted *tælu to talu, but left *tælljan alone, and it subsequently evolved to tellan by i-mutation. (19 words)
For example, in the case of talu "tale" vs. tellan "to tell", the forms at one point in the early history of Old English were *tælu and *tælljan, respectively. (29 words)
For example, in the case of talu "tale" vs. tellan "to tell", the forms at one point in the early history of Old English were *tælu and *tælljan, respectively. (29 words)
A-restoration converted *tælu to talu, but left *tælljan alone, and it subsequently evolved to tellan by i-mutation. (19 words)
Example sentences (2)
A-restoration converted *tælu to talu, but left *tælljan alone, and it subsequently evolved to tellan by i-mutation.
For example, in the case of talu "tale" vs. tellan "to tell", the forms at one point in the early history of Old English were *tælu and *tælljan, respectively.